Peru President: Peruvians reject agreements behind closed doors

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13:48 | Lima, Sep. 23.

President Martin Vizcarra on Monday said that Peruvians want institutions to stop negotiating agreements behind closed doors and people's backs.

The Head of State noted that the South American country is reshaping its future to deal with threats like corruption.

He warned that the agreements negotiated behind closed doors are often useful for few people who seek impunity and defend privileges that harm citizens and limit the country's progress.

"It is clear that Peruvians want to embark on a new stage, where citizens can ensure their rights, find their voice, and have decision-making capacity," he said at the Armed Forces Day ceremony.

The construction of a solid, legitimate, and representative democracy —Vizcarra underlined— involves strengthening institutions, not manipulating them nor capturing them with other purposes.

"State-run institutions belong to everyone, not to certain groups, no matter the political affiliation. The members of these institutions must serve the interest of the country, and should not negotiate quotas of power," he stated.

According to the Peruvian leader, the mechanisms, practices and bad habits that perverted institutions should be forbidden because they harm the democratic system.

Presidente @MartinVizcarraC: Los mecanismos, prácticas y vicios que pervirtieron las instituciones, deben quedar proscritas porque le hacen daño al sistema democrático. El Perú requiere hoy más que nunca tener instituciones autónomas, independientes y, sobre todo, confiables. pic.twitter.com/Vfwiwxfu5J
— Presidencia Perú (@presidenciaperu) September 23, 2019

Presidente @MartinVizcarraC: La construcción de una democracia sólida, legítima y representativa, pasa por fortalecer las instituciones y no por manipularlas ni capturarlas con fines subalternos. No deben ser producto de negociaciones de cuotas de poder. pic.twitter.com/Klqrprq4X0
— Presidencia Perú (@presidenciaperu) September 23, 2019

Presidente @MartinVizcarraC: Los peruanos queremos dejar atrás esa realidad donde los acuerdos se toman entre cuatro paredes y que, muchas veces, sirven a unos pocos para buscar impunidad, blindar y defender privilegios, perjudicando a los ciudadanos y al avance del país. pic.twitter.com/eNGNRjTKdT
— Presidencia Perú (@presidenciaperu) September 23, 2019

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Published: 9/23/2019

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