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The President of the Congress of Peru, Luis Valdez, requested this Saturday the resignation of Manuel Merino to the presidency of Peru before the Legislature meets to evaluate the constitutional succession of the president.
(Read also: Peru, a country in political crisis with three presidents since 2016).
“Tomorrow Sunday) we have to evaluate it at the spokespersons meeting, but I ask Mr. Merino to evaluate his immediate resignation“Valdez declared on Channel N television.
In this way the president of Congress joined the massive requests that the main politicians and candidates for the Peruvian presidency have already made after the violent repression of the Government against citizen demonstrations, which this Saturday left at least two dead and numerous injured.
(Keep reading: Peru’s justice prohibits ex-president Vizcarra from leaving the country).
New decisions in motion
Luis Valdez, who assumed the presidency of Congress last Tuesday after Merino was sworn in as president of Peru, confirmed that you have called a meeting “early” from the Board of Spokespersons of Congress to make a decision on the future of the ruler.
“By order of the President of Congress, Luis Valdez Farías, the Board of Spokespersons will be summoned for tomorrow, Sunday at 08:00 hours, in the Congress Chamber. Face-to-face session”, the parliament announced on Twitter shortly after.
#The last I By order of the President of Congress, Luis Valdez Farías, the Board of Spokespersons will be summoned for tomorrow, Sunday at 8:00 am, in the Congress Chamber. Face-to-face session. pic.twitter.com/aGrlqrkHGc
– Congress of Peru (@congresoperu) November 15, 2020
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Valdez remarked that in that meeting he will request the resignation of Merino from the head of state that he assumed in replacement of Martín Vizcarra, who was dismissed last Monday by the Legislative, which generated massive citizen protests.
“The population has spoken out in this regard, as authorities we cannot put the integrity of the population at risk”He remarked before saying that he will also leave the presidency of Congress with his full board of directors so that a new directing table is elected.
Called to protect the lives of Peruvians
Valdez appealed to the security forces “not to use weapons that endanger the life and integrity” of citizens and reiterated that Congress “will have to adopt the measure that is nothing other than the succession to what happens in the country”.
He further affirmed that neither he nor any member of his caucus, of the Alianza Para el Progreso (APP) party, nor of his board of directors “they will look for the possibility of presiding over the next executive week”.
The legislator added that “It will be a succession within the framework established by the Constitution” so that the president of the new board of directors can assume the presidency transition of Peru.
“You cannot go against the will of the population either”, remarked Valdez, who was one of the legislators who voted for the removal of Vizcarra that allowed Merino to take command and unleashed the political and social crisis in Peru.
Images of the protests in Peru.
Unanimous demand
After the first death was known after the harsh repression launched by the Police against protesters who were protesting in Lima against Merino, the main leaders of his party, Popular Action (AP), also called for his immediate resignation.
“Mr. Manuel Merino, put an end to your adventure, #RenuncieYa. Popular Action does not support you either. It has stained the lamp”AP Secretary General Mesías Guevara said in a message on Twitter, in which he alluded to the symbol of the political party founded by two-time Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde.
(If you read us from the App you can find the trill here).
Guevara’s position was supported by other senior AP leaders, like the mayor of Metropolitan Lima, Jorge Muñoz, and the presidential candidate Yonhy Lescano.
“What we Peruvians now have to ask for is the resignation of Mr. Merino, now,” Muñoz emphasized in statements to Channel N television.
Lescano also used his social networks to ask Merino and his prime minister, the conservative Ántero Flores-Aráoz, “Withdraw as soon as possible because you are dragging a very serious crisis, do it for Peru.”
“They close the streets, turn off the lights, take out tanks, shoot pellets, this is more than a dictatorship because it threatens the lives of thousands of Peruvians,” denounced the presidential candidate.
They close the streets, turn off the lights, take out tanks, shoot pellets, this is more than a dictatorship because it threatens the lives of thousands of Peruvians. Mr. Merino, mr. Flores Araoz retreat as soon as possible because you are dragging a very serious crisis, do it for Peru
– Yonhy Lescano (@yonhy_lescano) November 15, 2020
(Find the Lescano trill here)
Former President Vizcarra announces that deaths will not go unpunished
The ousted president of Peru Martín Vizcarra affirmed that the deaths of citizens protesting against the regime “will not go unpunished.” and described as “illegal and illegitimate” the government headed by legislator Manuel Merino.
“I deeply regret the deaths that occurred as a result of the repression of this illegal and illegitimate government.”Vizcarra emphasized in a message posted on Twitter.
The former governor, who was removed from office last Monday by Congress, expressed his condolences “to the relatives of these civil heroes who, exercising their right, came out in defense of democracy and in search of a better country” “The country will not allow the death of these courageous young people to go unpunished,” he emphasized.
I deeply regret the deaths that have occurred as a result of the repression of this illegal and illegitimate government. My condolences to the families of these civil heroes who, exercising their right, came out in defense of democracy and in search of a better country. (1/2)
– Martín Vizcarra (@MartinVizcarraC) November 15, 2020
(If you read us from the App you can find Vizcarra’s trill here)
On the other hand, the Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Patricia Teullet resigned tonight, assuring that “the events of these days that led to the death of a Peruvian, make it impossible for her to fulfill this position,” it reads in her resignation letter.
EFE
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