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(Bloomberg) – Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra rejects an attempted political trial and asks the country’s court to stop the procedure while accusing the congressional leader of involving the army to overthrow him.
Chief of Staff Walter Martos said the government would file a complaint Monday with the Constitutional Court to finalize the indictment process.
In a televised speech, Martos said that “undemocratic sectors” with “hidden interests” are going to destabilize Peru’s democratic order at a time when the country is facing a devastating physical fitness crisis.
Congress voted Friday night to publicize the procedure that can lead to Vizcarra’s dismissal from office, taking the country into political disarray amid its worst recession in a century after the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawmakers supporting the movement allege that Vizcarra sought to hinder a corruption investigation in his administration. The final vote is scheduled for September 18, after the president has had the opportunity to protect himself in a congress where he has no representatives.
Congress is pushing for the political trial “simply with the force of votes,” Justice Minister Ana Neyra told PTR radio. Peru’s constitutional congress will charge the president with “permanent ethical incapacity. “
The dangers of political turmoil on an economy hit by Covid-19. With the global number of coronavirus deaths in the world, the South American country saw its gross domestic product drop by 30% in the last quarter, the worst recession in any primary economy. It also marks the ultimate bankruptcy in the history of one of Latin America’s most politically volatile countries.
Political intrigue deepened Saturday when the government said Manuel Merino, the head of Congress, had called senior army officials thursday, hours before the political trial movement submitted to parliament, and military officials informed Defense Minister Jorge Chavez of calls.
Merino told reporters that she had called the head of the Armed Forces to guarantee her “absolute respect” for the letter in the face of a political crisis. Merino said she never discussed the prosecution movement on appeal.
The president of congress will update Vizcarra if he is charged, until elections can be held. Peru must hold general elections in April and Vizcarra has said it will not run for another period.
“These calls were not only reckless and inappropriate, but also conflicted with the democratic order,” the Minister of Defense said in the sideboard’s speech. The Justice Minister stated that resources can simply be “an act of sedition. “
Political turmoil wreaked havoc: on Friday on Peruvian soil the currency of emerging markets with worse performance, with a loss of 0. 8% against the dollar, the maximum in 3 months. The reference inventory index also fell to a minimum of one month.
Vizcarra is the time when the Peruvian leader will face a trial process in less than 3 years. His predecessor, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, resigned after an opposition MP released videos showing his allies negotiating votes for his dismissal. Two other former presidents are under investigation for corruption and some others are in prison.
Since Kuczynski’s replacement in 2018, 57-year-old Biscay has tried to reform the country’s judicial and political systems, clashing with lawmakers in the proceedings and even dissolving the last legislature last year.
“Uncertainty layer”
Congress will also vote on Monday on a movement to dismiss Minister of Finance Marie Antoinette Alva from office, claiming that she did not do enough to save her from the economic crisis and pandemic.
“This political crisis adds another layer of uncertainty to an economy that is already under pressure because the pandemic has a serious effect on all fronts,” JPMorgan Chase analysts wrote.
Prosecutors and legislators began this year to investigate alleged irregularities in the government’s hiring of a little-known singer to give motivational talks at the Ministry of Culture. Richard Cisneros, the singer in question, allegedly used contacts at the presidential palace to secure contracts totaling $50,000. .
On Thursday morning, lawmakers heard recordings of Biscay that seemed to speak to the culprits of Cisneros’ visits to the presidential palace, and less than 12 hours later, they moved a movement to overturn it.
In an excerpt, Vizcarra appears to have asked his staff to minimize Cisneros’ visits to the presidential palace. Vizcarra said in a televised speech Thursday that the publication of the tapes is part of a plot through conflicting political parties to get him out of power. The president said that while the talks were taking place, the tapes had been tampered with and contained no evidence of irregularities.
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