The presidents of Mexico and Colombia, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Gustavo Petro, have been accused of engaging in "continuous acts of interference in the internal affairs" of Peru, and the Peruvian Congress has now voted to disapprove of these actions by passing a parliamentary motion.It comes days after both leaders, along with those of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and Argentina, Alberto Fernández, ensured that former president Pedro Castillo is "the object of judicial treatment (...) in violation," and they demand that the "citizen's will" expressed at the polls by the Peruvian people be respected. The motion was approved with 61 votes in favor, out of 130 parliamentarians in the Peruvian Congress.
The purpose of this motion is to "assert the rejection of the continual and unacceptable actions of involvement in topics that are within matters that are within the internal jurisdiction of Peru by" López Obrador and Petro "to the detriment of the Republic of Peru."In addition, they believe that his statements constitute "a violation of international law to the detriment" of Peru and they urge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "to submit this motion" to the Mexican ambassador in Lima, Pablo Monroy, who was expelled from the country by the Government of President Dina Boluarte. Monroy was expelled from Peru because his statements were considered to be "a violation of international law to the detriment" of Peru.In addition, they requested that the Colombian ambassador in Peru, Eufracio Morales, be informed of the motion's approval by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Peruvian government consulted with its ambassadors in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Bolivia on December 15 regarding what it considers to be interference in their internal affairs by other countries, namely questioning the presidential succession in Peru. This interference was brought about by the countries' questioning the legitimacy of Peru's current president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.Alberto Otárola, the Prime Minister of Peru, contacted Andrés Manuel López Obrador six days later and requested that the Mexican president "stop referring to Peru." This request came just a few hours after López Obrador stated that the Executive Branch of the Andean nation is "highly questioned" for "opting for repression."
Otárola made these remarks during a press conference: "We call on Mr. López to stop referring to Peru, because we have achieved with great effort that our country be at peace and we are not going to allow people who have no relationship with the Government of Peru to demonstrate causing incessant interference in the affairs of Peru," he said. "We have achieved with great effort that our country be at peace and we are not going to allow people who have no relationship with the Government of Peru to demonstrate causingDuring his daily press conference, López Obrador had stated that the Peruvian Executive is "highly questioned as a whole for its behavior, especially for opting for repression and not seeking a way out of the conflict in Peru through dialogue and with the democratic method of call elections as soon as possible to avoid a situation of political instability." López Obrador said this because the Peruvian Executive is "highly questioned as a whole for its behavior, especially for opting for
