The Ombudsman’s Office of Peru has shown its willingness to collaborate with the Organization of American States (OAS) in its imminent visit to the country at the request of the Presidency, during which it will evaluate the democratic situation of the Latin American State.
This was detailed in an interview with the radio station RPP by the Ombudsman of Peru, Eliana Revollar, indicating that, although she has not requested the meeting with the OAS, she would be willing to collaborate if the organization were to ask her to do so.
«We have not requested a meeting (with the OAS), nor have we done so with the IACHR (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights): they have sought us out. If (the OAS) sees fit to request the participation of the Ombudsman’s Office, we are willing to contribute,» Revollar said during the interview.
In this sense, the Peruvian Ombudsman stressed the importance of the OAS having «a very panoramic view of what is happening» in Peru, for which she urged the organization not only to talk to the Executive, but also to do so with the Judiciary, the Prosecutor’s Office and Congress.
«It is important, I think, that it has a very panoramic view of what is happening in our country,» said Revollar, according to the newspaper.
However, Peru’s vice-president, Dina Boluarte, announced that the OAS high-level group is expected to arrive in Lima next week.
In view of this fact, the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion has asked to «receive with respect» the OAS commission, according to Andina news agency.
«It is very good that the representatives of the OAS come to the country so that they can verify for themselves what the political reality is, I think they are coming more to it because of the democratic charter that the Executive has invoked to this international organization», she reiterated.
The OAS expressed last week its support to President Castillo and announced that it will send to Peru a «high-level» delegation to analyze the democratic situation in the South American country after the Peruvian president’s own request for help.
The Peruvian Executive had formally requested the OAS to activate a series of articles of the Democratic Charter with which the organization can provide assistance when «the government of a member state considers that its democratic political institutional process or its legitimate exercise of power is at risk».
This request by Castillo came barely a week after the Attorney General’s Office presented before Congress a constitutional accusation against the president, accusing him of alleged corruption.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Castillo would be the head of a criminal organization active in the Ministry of Transport and Communications in complicity with senior officials, businessmen and third parties, to favor the Tarata III Bridge consortium and other companies in public bidding processes.
