President peter castle took an oath tonight Cesar Landa as Chancellor of the Republic. Cesar Landa return to Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the departure of Miguel Rodríguez Mackay, who announced his resignation after a series of differences with the same president peter castle.
A few weeks ago, the now ex-minister announced the decision to withdraw recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and “break all relations with this entity” because there is no “effective bilateral relationship”. However, Pedro Castillo denied what his foreign minister said, pointing out that Peru reaffirms relations with that country.
The arrival of Rodríguez Mackay prompted the resignation of Peru’s representatives to the UN and the OAS, Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros and Harold Forsyth Mejía, in a short time. Added to this is the controversy over his statements against President Castillo when he just took office last July.
The former foreign minister pointed out that the questions he raised about the legitimacy of the last electoral process in the country ended when the National Elections Jury (JNE) delivered the credentials to President Pedro Castillo and that his role as minister was due to his vision of service to the State.
Constitutional complaint for treason
days ago, the parliamentarian of Peru Libre, Margot Palacios, announced, through his social networks, that he has filed a constitutional complaint for “treason against the fatherland” against the Former Foreign Minister Miguel Rodríguez Mackay
“I flatly reject any intention of convincing to ratify the treaty of convem and we alert citizens to be on the lookout for any attempt to join,” he said in Twitter.
The complaint was presented before the subcommittee of Constitutional Accusations of the Parliament and was motivated by the declarations of Rodriguez Mackay with respect to its position that the State should sign the Sea Convention.
“He stated at the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Santiago Declaration that Peru must sign the UN Sea Convention affirming that we have never had a 200-mile territorial sea,” Palacios stressed.
According to the parliamentarian, “said alleged would entail the loss of sovereignty over 188 miles of the territorial sea.” For this reason, in his official letter addressed to the president of said parliamentary working group, Rosío Torres (APP), he pointed out that the resigning foreign minister violated the Penal Code and the Constitution.
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The legislator said that there were economic interests behind the project approved by insistence in the plenary session of Parliament. On the other hand, legislator Alex Paredes, from the ruling Magisterial Block, justified his group’s support for the project’s insistence despite the fact that the government observed the law.