Peru’s new president refuses to advance elections and talks about reorienting the country

Peru’s new president, Dina Boluarte, today ruled out the possibility of pushing the country’s elections forward. He took office after the attempted coup of Pedro Castillo Terrones, who threatened to dissolve the National Congress, was accused of “moral incompetence” and was arrested yesterday.

Dina said today that the demand for the new election is democratic, but her role is to “redirect the country”. Dina Boluarte’s term as president will only expire in July 2026.

I know that there are those who point to the postponement of the elections. That’s democratically respectable, but I believe assuming the presidency right now is a bit of a reorientation of what to do with the country.
Peru’s new president, Dina Boluarte

“The conditions under which I assumed this responsibility were not good, and therefore I am dispatching and serving to meet the needs of the country,” said the President. “Further on, we will look at alternatives to improve the fate of the country.”

Castillo is accused of leading a criminal organization allegedly responsible for defrauding the public works concession. It is also being investigated for crimes against public administration, including money laundering, fraud and influence trading. According to Peru’s Attorney General, the plan was devised by Castillo’s relatives and political allies.

The deputy de Castillo takes over and becomes the first woman to rule the country.???????? Attorney Dina Boluarte took over the presidency of Peru yesterday. The inauguration took place just two hours after the vote on Castillo’s impeachment.

Boluarte is the country’s first female president and the 6th to hold the post since March 2018. His term will expire in July 2026.

• Hit Recognition: Before taking office, Boluarte publicly rejected the former president’s action to dissolve Congress.
• First conversation: The new president said running Peru “won’t be an easy task”, he would prioritize the economy and fight corruption, and argued for the urgency of a political reform.

timeline???????? Castillo boarded a presidential protection vehicle with his wife and one of his daughters, and the then chief of staff, in a speech to the nation in which he determined the dissolution of Congress and the establishment of an exceptional government in Peru. . .

The target was unknown to the military, which carried out the presidential escort. Just halfway through, Castillo’s driver, Sergeant Josspeh Michael Grandez López, was told to go to the Mexican Embassy, ​​he reported to the National Police.

Minutes later, Grandez López received a call from General Iván Lizzeti Salazar, head of the state’s National Police, and ordered the police custody of Castillo. Suspicion of riot, abuse of power and violation????????

The driver, on order, stopped the perimeter and proceeded with the arrest of Pedro Castillo. He then took her to the Lima Municipality headquarters for due diligence.

Congress would later approve of Castillo’s removal from office for moral inability to stay in office.

According to the newspaper “La República”, that night Pedro Castillo was transferred to the headquarters in Lima of the Diroes (Directorate of Special Police Operations), an elite unit of the National Police, as part of the Public Ministry’s investigation against him. . same location Former dictator Alberto Fujimori arrested????????

Mexico was willing to grant asylum???????? Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said in an interview with Mexican TV that his country’s government would grant Castillo asylum. However, the Peruvian did not make such a request.

Mexico’s position is the same one adopted in 2019, when the country offered asylum to former Bolivian representative Evo Morales. In the case of Bogotá, he did not try to stage a coup – as in Peru yesterday – except that the then-president suffered a coup d’etat.