Peru: Pedro Castillo fell, foreseeable end

ByAlberto Giovanelli

Pedro Castillo has been arrested three hours after announcing the dissolution of Congress, decree an emergency government and call elections to renew Congress and approve a new Constitution. This flight forward of a president besieged by an eternal political crisis since he began governing a little over a year and a half ago., had generated enormous uncertainty and even rejection among its ranks, who joined the chorus of the right and described his decision as“self-coup d’état”. Apparently his own trusted bodyguard ended up handing him over to be detained..

The final move of the rural school teacher who became a surprise in the last elections ended in a solo bet. Faced with a new vote underway to remove him through Congress, driven by the right, Castillo, in addition to announcing the dissolution of Parliament, had declared that he would reorganize the justice system, from the Judiciary to other institutions such as the Public Ministry, the Constitutional Court and the National Board of Justice. yes, I clarify and assure“that would scrupulously respect the economic modelmonkey”. All this happened days after the visit of a high-level delegation from the OAS, at the request of the president, to evaluate on the ground whether democracy was in danger in Peru.

Since his intentions were known, in a message to the nation, the rejection reactions were immediate, from both the right and the left“caviar”, alleging respect for the institutional order of the Fujimori constitution of 1993. The Constitutional Court asked the Armed Forces“restore order”. The congressmen had decided to continue the session despite the announcement of the closing of the doors of the still president and approved his dismissal with 101 votes in favor, six against and 10 abstentions. In Boluarte, the current vice president, He took office hours later and in his first statement he called for the formation of a Government of National Unity among all political forces.

The fall of Castle, brings to Peruvians the worst echoes of the past. The uncertainty in the country is total and no one knows what may happen in the next few hours..

Although it is risky to draw definitive conclusions from this entire process, yes we can affirm, which does not surprise us. As we have said repeatedly, Castillo's luck was at stake since since he took office his only intention was to achieve consensus with the right, that increasingly demanded more concessions, until you manage to corner him with various demands, among others the absolute abandonment of the government program for which he was voted. This was rapidly wearing him down among the social base that brought him to government and strengthening the aspirations of the most reactionary sectors of the bourgeoisie that worked to remove him since he came to government..

The story would have been different if Castillo called from the first moment to mobilize until he imposed the call for the Constituent Assembly that he promised and would have confronted the corporations and wealthy sectors at the same time that he proposed improvements for the impoverished working masses.. Unfortunately none of this happened. Castillo was never a revolutionary and adapted from the first moment to ingratiate himself with the power in the shadows of the richest sector in Peru, believing that this way he could get them to accept him. And when he realized that they had achieved consensus to remove him, it was too late to achieve social and political support.. Alone, he ended up starring in a farce and was finally arrested by armed forces in which he always trusted..

We do not recognize the corrupt Peruvian Congress any moral or political authority to remove or judge Castillo and we demand his immediate freedom.. Only an Independent Commission of popular organizations could sanction the now former president. We reiterate that every time we talk about “legitimacy and institutionality” in Peru, It is taken as a rule to follow the Fujimori Constitution of the 93, that it is urgent to repeal through a Free and Sovereign Constituent Assembly so that the people as a whole debate how to get out of the crisis and what measures to take.

It will not be through the traditional partyocracy that we will be able to get out of this critical situation of Peruvian capitalism.. We are attentive to the evolution of the situation and what is the reaction of the workers, young people and social movements in the face of the uncertainty we are going through. From our LIS we will not abandon efforts to achieve the most absolute unity to impose popular mobilization that finds a true political solution, economic and institutional to change once and for all the Peruvian capitalist structure that has been demonstrated once again, absolutely incapable of providing answers to the needs of our people.