The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), assured this Saturday that he is not intervening in the political situation in Peru, following the now ex-president Pedro Castillo was removed and arrested, since he stated that “we are giving an opinion, nothing more.” However, the president accused that these events are “violating democracy.”
In an interview with the media following supervising the aqueduct work “The Knife 2”, the head of the federal executive accused that in Peru “they overreached” by dismissing and detaining Pedro Castillo.
– “Is Mexico intervening in any way?” She was asked.
– “No, no, we are giving our opinion, nothing more, they are going to solve it there, but what is being done to democracy is a violation, Because if the people chose it, why are they going to remove it? They have to resolve this matter, but I think they overreached, ”he replied.
The head of the federal Executive assured that conservative politicians and intellectuals -in which he included the writer Mario Vargas Llosa- do not like the form of government of Pedro Castillo why “it’s not fifi”.
“Who supports this? Well Vargas Llosa and all those politicians or organic intellectuals of conservatism”, said.
“Why don’t they like Castillo? Because he is a teacher from a town in the Sierra del Peru, is not a fifi. So they have never accepted it, because they like democracy when it suits them, but in democracy we all count for the same, we are all the same, besides there are no races, that does not exist and there should be no racism, there should be no classism, what What there should be is humanism.” stated.
President López Obrador regretted the situation in Perusince he stated that it is a nation that “has suffered a lot” due to the problems that the elite has caused and stated that “many people are from the Peru for so few politicians.
“In six years, five presidents, one committed suicide, others in jail, others on the run. Peru is a lot of people for so few politicians”said.
After the dismissal of Pedro Castillothe opposition in Peru has demanded of the president Lopez Obrador stop meddling in internal affairs and intercede on behalf of the ex-president.