[Opinion] Failed Self-Coup and Political Suicide, by Juan Vásquez (La Industria de Trujillo [Spanish] 12/20/2022)
Why did Castillo jump into the abyss if he knew he would not have the support of the Armed Forces? And the PNP?
What self-destructive causes unleashed the political and democratic suicide of Pedro Castillo? Who advised him such an unconstitutional aberration? He could have waited, even attended the vacant session of Congress and been victimized if they had obtained the 87 votes of the law. '
But a desperate Castillo cornered by serious allegations of corruption decided to use that cynical verb that we heard in 1992 from Fujimori's mouth: ''dissolve, dissolve Congress!' It was a literal Wednesday the 7th.
The announcement to close Congress lost effect in less than two hours, after - as was foreseeable - Parliament approved, with 101 votes, declaring Castillo's "permanent moral incapacity" and therefore vacating his office, as provided in paragraph 2 of article 117 of the Constitution. The resolution published that same Wednesday in the official newspaper El Peruano closed the procedural circle.
It was the legal piece that his detractors eagerly sought since July 28, 2021. An outrageous Castillo, detained for the moment in the prison cells, awaits judicial sanctions for the probable crime of rebellion, provided for in article 346 of the Penal Code and section 45 of the Magna Carta. Why did Castillo jump into the abyss if he knew that he would not have the support of the Armed Forces? and the PNP?
But not only that. He barely finished his brief speech trembling and yes, the resignation of his ministers cascaded as a sign of disapproval of a clearly seditious act. Was it the desire to cover up the corrupt mess that determined Castillo's decision?
In any case, it clearly contrasts with what Vizcarra did in 2018, who at the time, appealed to the Constitution itself after two votes of no confidence. It was a legal closure constitutionally and the Armed Forces and PNP did not make a major issue of state.
It is the new modern vision of the military that runs through Latin America knowing that the blows against democracy are abhorrent. How long could the truce proposed to Congress by the new president Dina Boluarte last? It is difficult to say now since her investiture has clearly been negotiated with the right-wing and stale sector of this Congress.
Some, like Fernando Rospigliosi, now in an orange shirt, say that it will be three years of uncertainty because Boluarte is a liar. Others, like the political scientist from Cuzco, Patrick Pérez, assure that Boluarte will have to tread lightly to maintain peaceful relations with Congress, It has now become a very voracious state power, highly obstructionist, where it is difficult to negotiate politically with highly conservative, intransigent and angsty characters.
It is a sad culmination of Peruvian democracy that, in the last 21 years, since the presidency of Valentín Paniagua in 2001, we have had the same number of democratically elected presidents versus leaders who emerged from political crises.
Tags: #Opinion #Pedro Castillo #Congress
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