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🚨 #LOÚLTIMO: El presidente Pedro Castillo anunció su decisión de disolver el Congreso e instaurar un gobierno de emergencia excepcional, y convocar en el más breve plazo elecciones congresales para elaborar una nueva Constitución. pic.twitter.com/5jzM9LCm8F— Exitosa Noticias (@exitosape) December 7, 2022

Apparently Pedro Castillo has decided to dissolve congress amidst parliamentary sessions regarding Castillo's resignation. It's no secret that Castillo's presidency has been bombarded by no-confidence motions since day one, with a virtually paralized congress, Castillo has been cornered and moved towards dissolving congress, however the peruvian congress has decided to ignore the coup and is moving forward with deciding Castillo's resignation. Also Castillo's initiative to form a new constitutional congress has no popular supoport. Peru Libre's leader Vladimir Cerrón has called Castillo's coup a "precipitated" decision. Seems like it's over for Castillo, I don't see his presidency surviving this one.

edit: rumor on the grapevine is that Castillo is seeking refuge on Mexico's embassy.

edit edit: Castillo has been arrested by Lima police. VP Dina Boluarte will succeed Castillo.

  • Ecoleo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I was under the impression Castillo had lost his popular support awhile ago, do you really see there being a strong reaction to this?

    • Redcuban1959 [any]
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      2 years ago

      Castillo lost most of his support, but everyone hates congress and rightly blames them for Peru's current situation. I don't think there will be a civil war tomorrow, but with the economic crisis getting worse, the status quo cannot be maintained.

      • Ecoleo [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        How do you fix Peru? Being in South America, it still must be under heavy American influence, and I'm sure there is a lot of resentment of socialism still due to the Shining Path and all. Is it just descent to fascism from here?

        • Redcuban1959 [any]
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          2 years ago

          How do you fix Peru?

          The first thing that must be done is the arrest and removal of the political rights of Keiko Fujimori, her family and her supporters. You simply cannot govern a country with a fascist having 25% of congress. And that requires the complete purge of her allies in the army.

          So what I would do is use the anti-fujimori sentiment to get enough support to get elected. After the election I would use this movement to dissolve Congress and draft a new constitution.

          Is it just descent to fascism from here?

          Whoever comes to power will be blamed for the country's crisis. If Keiko is elected, she will not last 2 years in power. Just look at Lasso in Ecuador. My guess is that someone in the army will end up getting elected just like Hugo Chávez and reform the entire country. But that only time will tell.