Aníbal Torres revealed that Pedro Castillo decided at the last minute not to announce the advance of the General Elections

Premier Aníbal Torres confirmed that President Pedro Castillo, in his speech to the Congress of the Republic this afternoon, chose to withdraw a proposal already agreed at the Council of Ministers: the advance of General Elections.

As explained by the prime minister, the head of state did have contemplated the advancement of the electoral elections in his presidential message, but decided to give the Legislative one last chance in order to reach consensus through dialogue.

“There have been many announcements from the president, but there was one announcement missing, which at the last minute we decided not to do so, or he decided not to do it. He told me: 'Doctor, we are making one last attempt at concertation in Congress to correct this political stability that exists. We may be able to reach an agreement to face the great problems that the country has,” said Torres from outside the Government Palace.

“That is why he did not make the announcement of the advance of general elections. That's the truth. We all have to work together, but we must work decently, honestly, not slandering, not slandering. Respecting each other and you the press. We all have to work for Peru,” he continued

Torres also revealed that they already have the bill prepared for submission to the Congress of the Republic, since they do not seek to seize power if the political crisis continues to settle. “This political uncertainty is causing tremendous damage to the country. We are analyzing this situation and we are not going to power. So we had thought about going to a general election, to move them forward,” said the lawyer.

“We even had the bill already done. This advance of General Elections is not made overnight, it requires reform of the Constitution. We proposed that it be done with a vote in Congress and then that it be ratified by the population,” he continued to the press.

However, they withdrew prior to President Pedro Castillo appearing before Parliament because they trust the good faith of legislators, who were asked to monitor without abuse.

“Analyzing the situation, the president said: 'we are Democrats, let's make the last attempt to agree with the various forces in Congress, we may succeed, let's not lose hope, doctor, '” explained the premier.

“I said so, we have to make the last attempt and we have done it. I trust the good faith of the congressmen. Nobody tells the opposition parties that they are not opposition, they can continue with their oversight activity, which is their function recognized by the Constitution, but as the president has requested, that this work is not done with abuse of rights,” he added.

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