[News] President of Peru Requests OAS to help prevent right-wing coup

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President of Peru Requests OAS to Activate Inter-American Democratic
CharterOctober
21, 2022
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[image: President Castillo standing at the presidential podium. File photo.]

President Castillo standing at the presidential podium. File photo.

On Thursday, October  20, a special session of the Permanent Council of the
Organization of American States (OAS) was convened to analyze the request
of the Peruvian government to help maintain democracy in the country after
repeated accusations against President Castillo’s government from the
Peruvian right wing.

The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, made a speech on Wednesday to report
that he had asked the OAS to activate the Inter-American Charter in order
to avoid a “serious alteration of the democratic order” in the country. The
Inter-American Charter affirms that “democracy is and should be the common
form of government for all countries of the Americas, and it represents a
collective commitment to maintaining and strengthening the democratic
system in the region.”

“My government has requested, before the OAS, the activation and
application of the Inter-American Democratic Charter to initiate a process
of consultations with all the political forces, the powers of the state,
and the social forces to find… a path that prevents a serious alteration of
the democratic order in Peru,” declared President Pedro Castillo.

EN VIVO | Presidente Castillo: “Mi Gobierno ha solicitado ante la OEA la
activación y aplicación de la Carta Democrática Interamericana” ►
https://t.co/dE9GSDA6ID pic.twitter.com/zFFSeFU2Tq <https://t.co/zFFSeFU2Tq>

— TVPerú Noticias (@noticias_tvperu) October 20, 2022
<https://twitter.com/noticias_tvperu/status/1582919466421198850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Previously, Castillo had denounced political persecution against him after
the Attorney General’s Office accused him before Congress of allegedly
leading a criminal organization.

However, the president asserted his commitment and loyalty to the Peruvian
people and emphasized that he hopes to fulfill the mandate for which he was
elected.

President Castillo alleged that the country’s right-wing and conservative
political forces have promoted a new model of coup d’état in Peru.

Denuncio ante el país y la comunidad internacional que las fuerzas
políticas que sumieron al país en la corrupción en los años 90 son las que
ahora impulsan una modalidad de nuevo golpe de Estado en el Perú.

— Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) October 20, 2022
<https://twitter.com/PedroCastilloTe/status/1582953063429865472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

He stressed that he, his family, and his government have been victims of
political persecution that had begun before he took office in July 2021.

In his message, the Peruvian head of state detailed the accusations
promoted by the Peruvian right against him, noting that they have accused
him of being a communist, then a terrorist, and now they are promoting a
strategy focused on the destruction of his image.

En nuestro país se viene haciendo uso indebido de diversos instrumentos
jurídicos desde la fiscalía, con la complicidad de algunos magistrados,
contra mi persona y los integrantes de mi gobierno.

— Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) October 20, 2022
<https://twitter.com/PedroCastilloTe/status/1582953065417932801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

“They want me to leave so that they can govern without having been
elected,” the president said, and added that in Peru, “legal instruments
are being misused on a recurring basis.”

Castillo insisted that evidence of political mobilization for justice is
already irrefutable.

(Telesur
<https://www.telesurtv.net/news/peru-presidente-solicita-activacion-carta-interamericana-oea-20221019-0039.html>)
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