Senior Officer of the CongressHugo Rovira, considered that it would not be necessary to presence of representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) in plenary next Monday to observe the debate and the subsequent vote of the presidential vacancy motion.
“This is an unusual occurrence, because what we are seeing is a constitutional procedure that is part of the function of the Parliament of political control and that is in the Regulation (of the Legislative). This is not an election, where there have to be observers. That is why I am very surprised, because whoever wants to see the session, it is public, anyone can see it through the Congress channel,” Rovira told nothing is said by RPP News.
“But in any case, if the lords of the OAS they want to go, to give them an answer, the Board of Directors will define it,” he said. The official specified that the same Monday at 10 in the morning the Board of Spokespersons will meet where they will probably “make a decision” on the subject.
Hugo Rovira explained that a similar request was made for the vacancy motion against Peter Paul Kuczynskiand on that occasion the Board of Spokespersons gave the green light for the entourage of the OAS be present in the hemicycle. “There is a precedent, but it is not binding because they are unusual events,” she stressed.
OAS request
Earlier today, Foreign Minister César Landa asked the president of Congress, Maria del Carmen Alvathat on Monday, March 28, three representatives of the Organization of American States attend the debate on the vacancy motion against peter castle.
Through an official letter, the foreign minister asked for “facilities” to be given to the observers. “About the matter (motion of vacancy), transfer for the consideration of his office, the note addressed by the office of the general secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Peru, requesting that the facilities be provided so that the following officials witness the debate”, he indicated.
Thus, the chancellor requested that Jean Michel Arrighi, secretary of Legal Affairs; Maricarmen Plata, Secretary of Access to Rights and Equity, and Miguel Ángel Trinidad, representative of the OAS in Peru, can enter the plenary session that is about to take place.