Peru s Chief Justice Elvia Barrios Saturday urged President Pedro Castillo Terrones and Congress Speaker José Williams to promote dialogue between the two branches of government and put an end to the political crisis that the country is going through.
In recent years – and notwithstanding encouraging windows of progress – economic difficulties, political shifts, and the pandemic's lingering effects have undercut anti-corruption efforts in Latin America.
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16:18 | Lima, May. 28. The Council of State has called for favoring the debate of ideas and proposals, as well as for rejecting speeches that encourage hatred against those who think differently, according to a statement issued on Friday on the presidential runoff election scheduled for June 6.
This body brings together the highest authorities of State powers to discuss relevant issues.
In the Declaration, the Council of State indicates that citizens have the right to get to know the proposals in the electoral race so as to cast an informed vote, within the framework of a constitutional and democratic State.