peter castle This Wednesday night he led a meeting at the presidential headquarters with leaders, social organizations, indigenous peoples and various social groups. The President of Peru was accompanied by the President of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal Torreswhose resignation was not accepted, and some ministers.
In his turn, Torres was very aggressive in his statements and encouraged the meeting participants, all of them followers of Castillo, to mobilize: “Yes, each of you, with that energy you have, with that will you have to defend their interests, the interests of their children and their children’s children, that they bring 50 people each to Lima, then the coup plotters would be brought to their knees, they would be forced to have a Constitution that benefits everyone and not just one particular class or economic power.
[10/08/22 10:12 p.m.] Aníbal Torres encourages the unions to mobilize: “They would make the coup plotters kneel. They would force the coup plotters so that we have a Constitution that benefits all Peruvians” pic.twitter.com/sSWEDEOprJ
— Channel N (@canalN_) August 11, 2022
He also took the opportunity to talk about the delivery of Castillo’s niece: “But we Peruvians are winning a leader who in the next elections must be defending the rights of the people in the highest positions of Peruvian politics. We have to achieve that and we have to prepare her for it.”
opposition protest
Faced with these words by Torres, members of the opposition protested and warned of the consequences that they could cause. The congressman of Popular Renewal, Jorge Montoyapointed out that “the president is promoting a social outburst to close Congress.”
In addition, his party issued a statement in which “it calls on the population to maintain calm and serenity, trusting in their democratic political representatives who will not allow chaos and anarchy to take over our democratic system.” Regarding Torres’ statements, he pointed out that “they only seek to generate anxiety and restlessness in the population and are signs of weakness.”
For their part, congressmen from Avanza País demanded that the prime minister go to Congress to answer for his words “calling for the use of violence against all Peruvians who question and reject the government of Pedro Castillo.”
Our Parliamentary Group Avanza País presented an Invitation Motion with an URGENT CHARACTER for the President of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torres, due to his statements that incite violent mobilizations against the @congresoperu. pic.twitter.com/XP9LigE5Fr
– Bank Advance Country (@AvanzaPaisOfi) August 11, 2022
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