Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo formally sought asylum in Mexico after he was arrested for trying to dissolve Congress and stage a coup.
In the document, dated December 7, but delivered only on Thursday night (8), Castillo cites the reasons for his request and says he is “the target of purely political persecution of anyone who thinks differently from the ruling oligarchic group.” over all the institutions of the country”.
The former president also says it “is not a crime” to seek to dissolve Congress, form an exceptional government that will make laws only by decree, and amend the Constitution after new elections.
Ebrard has already said Mexico would grant Castillo political asylum if requested officially, but so far no decision has been made on the matter. The Peruvian politician will remain in preventive detention until at least 13 December.
On the 7th, the Peruvian Congress would vote on the third impeachment case against Castillo in just 16 months. Shortly before the end of the work, the president of the time announced the coup attempt.
But the measure did not receive support even from allied politicians, and the representative was dismissed. Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female vice president, took her place.
The South American country has been experiencing an unending political crisis for the past 20 years, with its heads of state resigning or being dismissed. For example, as of 2018, there are five men who took on the role but did not fulfill its requirements. Also, nearly all living presidents of the past two decades are in prison for crimes committed during their tenure.
source: Noticias
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