Katy Ugarte: “It is not true that forced sterilization was intended to end maternal mortality”

The former Minister of Health and parliamentarian of Peru Libre, Katy Ugarte, referred to forced sterilization, a problem that came to light during the debate on the issue of forced sterilization. 39; interrogation of the Minister of Health, Hernán Condori. Ugarte assured that forced sterilizations were not intended to end the high rates of maternal mortality.

“It is not true that forced sterilization (EEFF) was intended to end high maternal mortality rates. The EEFF has violated human rights and the victims are demanding justice and redress,” it reads on its Twitter account.

This refers to what was mentioned by the Fuerza Popular congressman, Alejandro Aguinaga, who said that these sterilizations were carried out by the government of Alberto Fujimori as an option in the family plan.

“What has been created is a family planning and reproductive health program with the aim of reducing the terrible maternal mortality rates in the country, which is why this program has also sought to reduce child mortality and prevent the high rates of criminal abortion that have been in expansion in the country and that they were contributing 22 percent of maternal mortality,” she said.

Aguinaga added that he would debate with anyone who points the finger at the issue. “This whole group of NGOs has not told the country how many millions of dollars they have raised on this issue,” he attacked. He also criticized the judge assigned to the trial on this issue, Rafael Martínez Vargas, whom he said is “indicated by corruption and drug trafficking”.

In addition, I affirm that the maternal mortality figures have increased in the government of Martín Vizcarra, even reaching the same level as in 2001. This is because “these family planning programs have been prevented.”

Before all this event, Ruth Luque, congressman Juntos Por Perú, wondered if Condori had taken the time to congratulate Congressman Aguinaga, who said: “He is under investigation for a case of forced sterilization. ”.

“(I want to) congratulate Congressman Aguinaga. He was the Minister of Health. You and your team, a doctor, developed a manual for the prevention of cervical cancer for early detection in 2010. This is one of the good things, among many others, that you did when you were Minister of Health,” said Condori.

In addition, they were not the only ones who intervened, Sigrid Bazán's parliamentarian intervened a minute later and responded to the deputy Aguinaga, noting that she seeks to divert the issue of forced sterilization by targeting NGOs and not the crimes committed by the former president Alberto. Fujimori, his adviser Vladimiro Montesinos and other former state officials.

“There are those who want to divert the issue of sterilization, systematic violations of human rights in the 90s, and they want to do so by talking about NGOs because they will never divert this issue by talking about the more than 500 million suns that Vladimiro Montesinos and Alberto Fujimori are indebted to the state. They will never talk about the debt of the 200 officials or third parties responsible during the Fujimori government,” he said.

The deputy also mentioned the recently approved vacancy motion against President Pedro Castillo, noting that Alberto Fujimori “wasn't emptied or didn't want to empty it twice.” He went on to say that fujimoristic government officials “were involved in crimes of embezzlement, abuse of authority, unlawful association to commit crimes, corruption, illicit enrichment, tax evasion, capital murder,” among others.

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