The conservative Peruvian political party Avanza País announced Wednesday that it will not sit down with the country’s new Prime Minister, Betssy Chávez, after the head of government called a meeting with all the country’s political parties in order to «build bridges».
As stated in a press release, Avanza País has rejected Chávez’s proposal, assuring that both she and her cabinet ministers must be dismissed and disqualified for allegedly violating the Constitution, the same reason why last Monday they presented a motion of censure against the whole Government.
Specifically, the party accuses the Peruvian Executive of interpreting as a denial of confidence the «flat rejection» of the Congress to the proposal to modify the law that regulates the calls for referendum.
«The interpretation of the denial of confidence, contrary to the law, that you and other members of your cabinet have made should result in your dismissal and disqualification. Due to these reasons, we inform you that we have decided not to attend the proposed meeting,» the conservative political formation has stated in the missive.
The Prime Minister of Peru, Betssy Chávez, has summoned to a meeting the spokespersons of all the political formations present in the Andean Parliament with the objective of «building bridges» between an increasingly distanced Executive and Legislative.
«For the purpose of initiating the democratic dialogue that allows building bridges, in the interest of respecting the constitutional rule of law, the democratic institutionality and the separation of powers, I invite you to hold a coordination and work meeting», reads the letter sent by Chávez to the parliamentary formations.
This call to concord takes place just one day after the non-grouped parliamentary Edward Malaga presented a new motion of censure against the President of the country, Pedro Castillo, alleging his «incapacity» to perform the functions of Head of State.
The Peruvian Executive and the Legislative have staged repeated disagreements in recent months since Castillo took office in July last year. Since then, the Parliament has presented numerous motions of censure against ministers and the president himself, and has forced the departure of members of the ministerial cabinet.
In these little more than 16 months, President Castillo has been forced to renew his Executive in up to four occasions, appointing a total of five prime ministers, some of them with barely seven days in office, as in the case of Héctor Valer.
