Together for Peru You no longer have to pretend to be in the center. After losing the elections, his ‘moderation’ suit no longer suits him, so he has returned to his essence, and this was demonstrated last Wednesday in the plenary session of the Senate when they voted disciplinedly against ratifying the president of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), Julio Velarde, in office.
Although truth and good judgment prevailed over unreason, Velarde had already had to endure the onslaught and ignorance of the senators from Together for Peru in the Special Procedures Commission, where he went days ago to announce the guidelines of his management, as part of the ratification process.
In the session on September 2, the majority of senators – with the exception of Together for Peru – praised Velarde’s extraordinary work at the head of the BCR during the last 20 years.
On that occasion, JP senator Humberto Morales – true to his style – improperly accused Julio Velarde of supposedly benefiting international banks and paying for inflation in the United States, which is the highest in the world: “I believe, Mr. Velarde, that you fulfilled the job that was entrusted to you, period.”
Velarde’s patience allowed him to respond that inflation in the United States is not the highest in the world and that it is not true that, if inflation increases in the United States, inflation in Peru must also increase, to conclude that in this century we have had an underlying inflation lower than that of the United States.
Humberto Morales insisted on the grievance, and on the eve of the ratification of the president of the BCR he dared to affirm that Julio Velarde was not suitable for the position because he did not have the academic degrees registered at Sunedu.
But the no for Together for Peru is not limited to the ratification of Velarde; His attitude towards the request for extraordinary powers to legislate also shows his true position. Íber Maraví’s statements demonstrate this: “We continue in the fight, we will not give powers.”
The plenary session of the Senate last Wednesday exhibited in all its splendor the true face of Together for Peru. Not only did they vote against the ratification of Julio Velarde; They also opposed President Keiko Fujimori’s trip to the UN General Assembly and, as it could not be otherwise, Peru’s accession to the Shield of the Americas.
Behind the Together for Peru bench is the hand of former presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez, who, without having come to power, shows us through his people a sad preview of what the country would have been in his hands.
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