Crisis in New Peru: Anahí Durand resigns from the presidency of the political group for being a consultant at the PCM

Crisis in New Peru. Anahí Durand stopped being the president of this political movement after the leader of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, showed that the former head of the The Ministry of Women's Affairs maintains a consultancy in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM).

According to a statement, the New Peru leadership gave Durand two options: to resign from consulting in the PCM or the presidency of the movement. To which the former minister chose to send her letter of resignation to the political organization.

After his departure, Anahí Durand confirmed that, a few days ago, Prime Minister Aníbal Torres proposed that he return to the Executive. “If it is a popular government that must be relaunched, then it is coherent to work in the state it is trying to lead,” he explained in his disclaimers.

In that sense, he regretted that New Peru had joined the “opposition camp already taken over by the right” and considered it “a strategic error”.

“Faced with the political crisis in the country, I consider it a strategic mistake for New Peru to join the opposition camp already occupied by the right, acting as the tail van of the center-right. The line of 'democratic opposition' that was imposed in New Peru is already being used by the purple and other privileged sectors,” the statement released on social networks reads.

“I accept the decision (of) New Peru and leave a party that I helped found, but which is no longer useful to the Peruvian popular classes,” Durand lamented at the end of his statement, where he also assured that “the continuity of a certain government is not at risk, but the return of authoritarianism and a reloaded neoliberalism.”

It should be noted that New Peru supported Pedro Castillo in the second round of elections, in which he competed with Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Popular. After his victory, the president placed some members of the political movement in his cabinet of ministers. In addition to Durand, Pedro Francke took over the portfolio of Economics and Finance.

PEDRO CASTILLO IS HONEST

A month ago, Anahí Durand gave an interview to the media Página 12, from Argentina. In it, he considered that President Pedro Castillo is an “honest” person, however, his environment may give “a suspicion of corruption”, in relation to the confessions of businesswoman Karelim López to the Public Prosecutor's Office, who seeks to avail itself of effective collaboration.

“I think it's a serious complaint that needs to be thoroughly investigated. She has been a lobbyist in several governments, if her statements are proven it would be evident that the necessary measures have not been taken to eradicate these forms of management of the State and public resources that favor corruption,” he said.

“We shouldn't be complacent because this country has been hit hard by corruption. I think the president is an honest person, but there are situations around him that may give a suspicion of corruption, which must be rigorously and objectively investigated,” he continued.

The former minister regretted that the opposition used any excuse to try to remove Pedro Castillo from the presidency of Peru. In his view, the vacancy of the current president would consolidate an authoritarian exit.

“That coup offense has always been there. This accusation must be investigated no matter who falls, but what cannot happen, and that is precisely what has happened, is that this is used to once again create a vacancy scenario (removal of the president by Congress) and encourage the coup that is doing great damage to the country. A vacancy for Castillo would consolidate a possible authoritarian exit. That's what the right is playing at,” he said.

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