Peruvian Elections and Politics: Boluarte era, political crisis continues

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Babe wake up new cabinet just dropped. Aníbal Torres (who, it should be noted, was one of Castillo’s most effective attack dogs during the second round) is now prime minister, although the most important change is almost certainly Cevallos’s resignation, which is (according to the rumor mill) after he declined the premiership because Castillo wouldn’t have given him his desired level of flexibility. New women’s minister is a feminist writer who’s authored a biography of María Elena Moyano (famed community activist from one of Lima’s poorest neighborhoods that sprung up during the urban migration of the 70s, assassinated by Shining Path in 1992, stridently refused to get directly involved in politics besides some collaboration with the leftist municipal government but her sister had a long career as a fujimorista politician post-assassination).

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

The new health minister, Cerrón ally and former Junín regional health minister Hernán Condori, is already in hot water for promoting ivermectin and some sort of “clustered water” as Covid-19 cures. It’d be XD if it weren’t so DX.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

In 2010 Condori only lasted 6 days as Regional Health Director of Junín, as he was fired by Cerrón's successor (also from PL) for being completely inept at his job, and he has been involved in several corruption charges, from overcharging the buying of MRIs at twice their real value to openly charging bogus administrative fees And now he's being promoted to national health minister ...

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

With the confidence vote in the Torres cabinet coming up tomorrow (today, by the time you read this) and looking likely to fail if Castillo doesn’t remove Condori, it’s also important to note that businesswoman Karelim López, one of the main shady characters whose unregistered visits to Castillo’s apartment, has offered herself as a witness against him in a case alleging the existence of a corruption ring within the transportation ministry, run by Castillo and recently resigned minister Juan Silva.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Confidence vote narrowly passes! 64-58 with two abstentions, swung by Acción Popular voting near-unanimously in favor. Castillo - and Congress - live to fight another day.

[MRCVzla]

Aaand there will be an Impeachment motion debate against Castillo: 76-41 with 1 abstention (from PL caucus)
In favor: FP, AP, APP, Avanza País, RP, PP, SP and 1 independent
Against: PL, Perú Democrático, JPP and 2 independents

https://twitter.com/AmericaElige/status/1503436075234205697

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

I'm old enough to remember when "impeachment" meant something

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

What could be done to imperuve the political situation in Peru? None of the parties have anything resembling even a respectable plurality in parliament and the presidential elections have been between “person who will get impeached” vs “the former dictator’s daughter, who will get impeached.”

Is their election methodology causing this fragmentation or is there something else? Having seen the presidential election results in Peru, Egypt, and France as well as the top-two system in CA, is the top-two runoff with no ranking just a bad idea?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I'm old enough to remember when "impeachment" meant something

To be fair, it’s not as if most of Peru’s presidents this century haven’t deserved it or worse, although the legal case against Castillo (the one in which Karelim López is a witness, that is) is still developing. The articles of impeachment include a multitude of causes, ranging from that case to the overall apartment visits issue to the leaked teachers’ exam scandal.

[Red Velvet]

What could be done to imperuve the political situation in Peru? None of the parties have anything resembling even a respectable plurality in parliament and the presidential elections have been between “person who will get impeached” vs “the former dictator’s daughter, who will get impeached.”

Is their election methodology causing this fragmentation or is there something else? Having seen the presidential election results in Peru, Egypt, and France as well as the top-two system in CA, is the top-two runoff with no ranking just a bad idea?

People respecting election results that they dislike, maybe?

I mean, people were talking about impeachment even before Castillo actually won. It doesn’t seem healthy practice that gives stability to a country at all.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Maybe Peru should have more of a parliamentary system of government. Doesn't seem like anything has been getting done in the country since the constant political crises started almost a decade ago

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Maybe Peru should have more of a parliamentary system of government. Doesn't seem like anything has been getting done in the country since the constant political crises started almost a decade ago

At the very least they should get rid of the confidence motions and dissolution of Congress. The constant game of constitutional ping-pong those elements have caused is one of the more immediate/direct causes of day-to-day political instability.

And while they’re at it they should work on forging political parties that stand for something and aren’t just personal vehicles for people like César Acuña or Hernando de Soto (although say what you will about the sort of obnoxious Atlas Foundation right-libertarian nonsense that wants to privatize vaccine rollouts, at least it’s an ethos).

[Oryxslayer]

And while they’re at it they should work on getting political parties that stand for something and aren’t just personal vehicles for people like César Acuña or Hernando de Soto (although say what you will about the sort of obnoxious Atlas Foundation right-libertarian nonsense that wants to privatize vaccine rollouts, at least it’s an ethos).

I mean the "caudillo party" culture kinda became engrained in the system ever since Fujimori Sr. rode it to ultimate power, and showed the next generation that this was what you should do. Fixing this would require another remaking of the political incentives and culture, which can only partially be done by laws - the rest must come by example. 

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

The Constitutional Tribunal voted to release Alberto Fujimori from prison 3-3, with the fujimorista chief justice’s tie breaking power shifting the balance. This overturns a previous ruling that had thrown out PPK’s pardon of Fujimori, which had come as part of a deal with fujimoristas in congress to avoid impeachment.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

The impeachment attempt has failed. Castillo survives with the support of PL and JP, as well as Peru Democrático and several member of SP and the PM. Acción Popular and several members of APP and Podemos abstained. Overall vote was 55 for, 54 against, 19 abstentions.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Now on the bad news for the government, the motion to censure Heslth MinisterCondori  passed by a large majority , 72 in favor with 32 against (29 of them from Peru Libre and its split Perú Democrático, and notably they couldn't get any member from Juntos por Perú to vote with them) an 13 abstentions, as a consequence of this the mininster is now forced to resign within the next couple andf days and Castillo has to accept his resignation and name a replacement

https://elcomercio.pe/politica/justicia/congreso-censura-al-ministro-de-salud-hernan-condori-noticia/

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Castillo declared a state of emergency and curfew in Lima and Callao yesterday (the 30th anniversary of Fujimori’s coup, coincidentally) in response to anti-inflation protests, and almost instantly walked it back after resounding criticism.

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Huge protests continuing. Torres (the PM) praised Hitler. Peru continues to descend into insanity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/07/peru-minister-hitler-mussolini/

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Good news and bad news for Castillo (although all good news for Peru). The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ordered the country not to implement the recent ruling from the TF that restored Fujimori’s pardon, which means that he will remain in prison for the time being. Meanwhile, the prosecutor on the Transportation Ministry corruption case has ordered that former presidential advisor Bruno Pacheco (last seen hiding a bunch of money in a palace bathroom) and two nephews of Castillo’s be jailed as flight risks.

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

The new health minister, Cerrón ally and former Junín regional health minister Hernán Condori, is already in hot water for promoting ivermectin and some sort of “clustered water” as Covid-19 cures. It’d be XD if it weren’t so DX.

What is up with all these random far-right ideas in this so-called leftist goverment ?

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

The new health minister, Cerrón ally and former Junín regional health minister Hernán Condori, is already in hot water for promoting ivermectin and some sort of “clustered water” as Covid-19 cures. It’d be XD if it weren’t so DX.

What is up with all these random far-right ideas in this so-called leftist goverment ?

Such ideas on wacky Covid treatments and prevention measures were also comnon across the ranks of the Venezuelan government and the Bolivian MAS

Maduro and the Venezuelan state media's were openly promoting open the use of Carvativir "miraculous little drops" which are "100% effective against the Covid virus" and even faked medical studies to support this hypothesis, despite the drops being little more than oregano essential oils

The MAS-majority Bolivian parliament passed a law during the Añez government supporting the use of chlorine dioxide (ie bleach) as a useful treatment against covid, thankfully this measure was reject by Añez's health dept (Añez herself supported her own shared of pseudoscience crap like carrying  the infamous Virus Shut Out card) Less fortunately the new mas government went a step back and the president himself endorsed its use mere weeks after beginning his mandate

David Choquehuanca, VP of Bolivia, got infected with Covid twice and claims that he got successfully cured trough chlorine dioxide traditional medicine which included eating grass, he just received his first shot of the vaccine in January 2022 and largely to avoid getting hit by the restrictions. Oh, snd another reason he waited so long to do it was because he had heard that you couldn't ear pork, diary or fish, nor getting a shower for 3 to 5 days after getting the shot

[PSOL]

The reason why the Andean Left is so loopy is that it is backed by traditional Indigenous clan heads and remnants of the Incan aristocracy. This is great for getting elected, as they have a reliable support base whose also very rich and very well connected to the lower rungs in rural areas, however their class position and views are incredibly backwards and not in sync to what the urban working class—or even peasantry—want or need.

There is a reason why Peru Libre was supportive of the Second Kim and North Korea in general, and that is because the latter wholly capitulated to the rural landowners and upper peasantry over the working class doing manual labor or urban intelligentsia. This also explains why Peru Libre have the infighting that they have.

Oddly enough, MAS has somehow balanced these interests much better in having a monopoly of sorts over these groups, but sections of the lower stratum of urban and rural working class they have no control over are represented by radicals in the main trade union rallying around the Quispe family and they are seemingly slipping support over middle class Indians. They, unlike PL, do very poorly in getting the non-Quechuan indigenous vote.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

The reason why the Andean Left is so loopy is that it is backed by traditional Indigenous clan heads and remnants of the Incan aristocracy. This is great for getting elected, as they have a reliable support base whose also very rich and very well connected to the lower rungs in rural areas, however their class position and views are incredibly backwards and not in sync to what the urban working class—or even peasantry—want or need.

There is a reason why Peru Libre was supportive of the Second Kim and North Korea in general, and that is because the latter wholly capitulated to the rural landowners and upper peasantry over the working class doing manual labor or urban intelligentsia. This also explains why Peru Libre have the infighting that they have.

Oddly enough, MAS has somehow balanced these interests much better in having a monopoly of sorts over these groups, but sections of the lower stratum of urban and rural working class they have no control over are represented by radicals in the main trade union rallying around the Quispe family and they are seemingly slipping support over middle class Indians. They, unlike PL, do very poorly in getting the non-Quechuan indigenous vote.

LoL

[Cortarán todas las flores, pero jamás detendrán la primavera]

The reason why the Andean Left is so loopy is that it is backed by traditional Indigenous clan heads and remnants of the Incan aristocracy. This is great for getting elected, as they have a reliable support base whose also very rich and very well connected to the lower rungs in rural areas, however their class position and views are incredibly backwards and not in sync to what the urban working class—or even peasantry—want or need.

There is a reason why Peru Libre was supportive of the Second Kim and North Korea in general, and that is because the latter wholly capitulated to the rural landowners and upper peasantry over the working class doing manual labor or urban intelligentsia. This also explains why Peru Libre have the infighting that they have.

Oddly enough, MAS has somehow balanced these interests much better in having a monopoly of sorts over these groups, but sections of the lower stratum of urban and rural working class they have no control over are represented by radicals in the main trade union rallying around the Quispe family and they are seemingly slipping support over middle class Indians. They, unlike PL, do very poorly in getting the non-Quechuan indigenous vote.

Lol indeed

[Libertas Vel Mors]

The reason why the Andean Left is so loopy is that it is backed by traditional Indigenous clan heads and remnants of the Incan aristocracy. This is great for getting elected, as they have a reliable support base whose also very rich and very well connected to the lower rungs in rural areas, however their class position and views are incredibly backwards and not in sync to what the urban working class—or even peasantry—want or need.

There is a reason why Peru Libre was supportive of the Second Kim and North Korea in general, and that is because the latter wholly capitulated to the rural landowners and upper peasantry over the working class doing manual labor or urban intelligentsia. This also explains why Peru Libre have the infighting that they have.

Oddly enough, MAS has somehow balanced these interests much better in having a monopoly of sorts over these groups, but sections of the lower stratum of urban and rural working class they have no control over are represented by radicals in the main trade union rallying around the Quispe family and they are seemingly slipping support over middle class Indians. They, unlike PL, do very poorly in getting the non-Quechuan indigenous vote.

LoL

I like the idea that rich Peruvian landowners are big Kim Jong-il fans.