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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">President of Peru Requests OAS to Activate Inter-American Democratic Charter</h1>October 21, 2022</div>
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President Castillo standing at the presidential podium. File photo. </p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.”</p>
<p>“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.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="es">EN VIVO | Presidente Castillo: “Mi Gobierno ha
solicitado ante la OEA la activación y aplicación de la Carta
Democrática Interamericana” ►<a href="https://t.co/dE9GSDA6ID">https://t.co/dE9GSDA6ID</a> <a href="https://t.co/zFFSeFU2Tq">pic.twitter.com/zFFSeFU2Tq</a></p>
<p>— TVPerú Noticias (@noticias_tvperu) <a href="https://twitter.com/noticias_tvperu/status/1582919466421198850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Previously, Castillo had denounced political persecution against him
after the Attorney General’s Office accused him before Congress of
allegedly leading a criminal organization.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>President Castillo alleged that the country’s right-wing and
conservative political forces have promoted a new model of coup d’état
in Peru.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="es">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.</p>
<p>— Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) <a href="https://twitter.com/PedroCastilloTe/status/1582953063429865472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="es">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.</p>
<p>— Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) <a href="https://twitter.com/PedroCastilloTe/status/1582953065417932801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>“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.”</p>
<p>Castillo insisted that evidence of political mobilization for justice is already irrefutable.</p>
<p>(<a href="https://www.telesurtv.net/news/peru-presidente-solicita-activacion-carta-interamericana-oea-20221019-0039.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telesur</a>) with Orinoco Tribune content</p>
<p>Translation: Orinoco Tribune</p></div>
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