Aníbal Torres met with Somos Perú and Avanza Pais benches at Government Palace

Prime Minister Aníbal Torres met on the morning of Thursday, March 24 with representatives of Somos Perú, Avanza Pais, the Andean parliamentarian Fernando Arce and members of various guilds of the country. The topic discussed was the meeting scheduled for Saturday, March 26, within the framework of the National Agreement.

The benches of Somos Perú and Avanza Pais had expressed their disagreement with having the meeting that day, as there was a possibility that the short-term issues of government could be mixed with the relevant issues to be dealt with for the State. This is in reference to the presidential vacancy, which is expected to be voted on March 28th.

Specifically, the meeting was attended by the vice president of Somos Peru, José Jerí and the party president, Patricia Díaz. Also in attendance were the Andean parliamentarian Fernando Arce and the secretary general for Lima of Avanza País, Luis Flores. In addition, guilds from the transport sector, agriculture, representatives of youth groups, human settlements, among others, attended.

The parliamentarians spoke with the press as they left the Government Palace, where they met with the premier. Thus, they said that there is not yet a defined agenda for Saturday; but that the meeting will be finalized.

AGREEMENTS MADE

“We have seen it appropriate to promote and propose the renewal of the management of the National Agreement and there are some proposals that will be announced in the coming days,” Arce said.

For his part, the representative of Avanza Pais explained why the bench was opposed to the working meeting being held on 20 March.

“The political party Avanza Pais has seen it appropriate to separate the problems of the country in the issue of vacancy as a parliamentary faculty, of opposition that we are. Our party is a dialogue party and that is why we have responded to this invitation from the Prime Minister and Mr Parliamentarian Fernando Arce,” said Luis Flores.

He also said that he attended the meeting this Thursday 24 out of respect for his fellow members. In addition, he stressed that the prime minister accepted his proposal to renew the management of the National Accord and make a decentralization to “have a mechanism to defend their rights”.

“We have stated that on Saturday we were not going to attend the National Accord because we thought that we need a renewal of the cadres (managers), since this National Agreement, although it has had several agreements, has not yet had any reports,” added Flores.

The parliamentarian and representative of Somos Peru, José Jerí, also said that his bench was not in favor of having the meeting take place on Saturday. This is because State issues could be mixed with those of Government, which are short-term.

“We have to seek unity and there are comments that should not be given in the interest of such an important situation as the one we have been going through. We have talked about different issues, within which there have been proposals to change the governing body of the National Accord. We (SP) have already stated that we do not consider it appropriate for Saturday to be a matter of state,” he said.

THERE IS NO CLEAR AGENDA YET

José Jerí stressed the importance of maintaining unity and working for the State. He also reported that the guilds present gave many proposals for shots to touch the prime minister, but it was agreed to draw up the agenda that same day. This would have been a proposal by Somos Perú itself, since “there is no clear agenda” yet.

“The National Accord must be empowered, it must have the quality it deserves as an agency of the State, but not the government. We have to work and stop being there in discussions that sometimes lead us to nothing,” he said.

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