Vladimir Cerrón announced that National Accord meeting will no longer be held on Saturday, March 26

The Secretary General of Free Peru, Vladimir Cerrón, met on 24 March with the President of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torres. At the end, he spoke to the press about the meeting of the National Accord forum convened by President Pedro Castillo for Saturday, March 26. Thus, he pointed out that it will not be carried out as planned.

The meeting was convened with the aim of achieving consensus to solve the most urgent needs, to give stability and governance to the country. For this reason, workers' unions and representatives of civil society had been convened, as well as congressional benches and major political parties.

However, the official leader specified that what will take place on March 26 will not be the working meeting, but a meeting to set the agenda to be discussed at a future meeting. This will be set for after Monday, March 28, the day when the vacancy against the head of state will be discussed.

“The meeting of the National Accord will be to set the agenda to be discussed at a future meeting after the events of the vacancy discussion so that they do not feel coerced and it is not a meeting conditional on something,” Cerrón told the press.

“Not this Saturday (the meeting of the National Accord will be held). After Monday there will be a meeting out of that kind of pressure so that some organizations used do not feel, such as requesting support when there are these problems,” he added.

ANÍBAL TORRES MET WITH BENCHES

On March 24, Prime Minister Aníbal Torres also met with representatives of Somos Peru, Avanza Pais, Andean parliamentarian Fernando Arce and members of various guilds in 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.

“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.

Likewise, the idea of holding a meeting to set the bench points would have been proposed by the representative of Somos Peru.

“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.