Peru: Rocío Silva Santisteban, poet and leftist activist, among the names of the presidency

Rocío Silva Santisteban, who provisionally directs the Congress, could become the first woman to be president in Peru, after the institutional crisis which led to Martin vizcarra Yes Manuel Merino In a week. Daniel Olivares Cortés, of the Purple Party, confirmed this Sunday, November 15, 2020 that he is accompanying in the list presented Francisco Sagasti, of this force, in Santisteban. However, he questioned the order: “The order of charges is under discussion at the moment,” he said.

The negotiations against time to define the successor of the Merino will be completed in a few hours. Sagasti, for his part, told the Congress channel that the discussion is open and the list has not yet been defined. “We have to reach a consensus,” he explained. The Purple Party and Santisteban, from the broad front, opposed Vizcarra’s withdrawal.

Santisteban was in charge of Parliament this Sunday, November 15, 2020, when the majority of members of Congress accepted Merino’s resignation. Merino had taken office for the dismissal of Vizcarra, accused of “moral incapacity”. He lasted five days in power.

Who is Rocío Silva Santisteban

Silva Santisteban is a leader of the Peruvian left, belongs to the Front Large and chaired the Coordination of Human Rights, the same organization which denounces that at least 41 people disappeared during the protests against Merino.

She is a poet, writer, lawyer and political scientist and came to Congress in March. That same Sunday, he explained to local media that it seems very difficult for Vizcarra to return to power. “The street says neither Merino nor Vizcarra”, reproduces the Peruvian site Expreso.

“It seems politically impossible for Vizcarra to come back. This is what I can say about the situation. Everything else is just speculation, ”he said.

He said on Sunday about the future of Peru: “Now is the time for all politicians to act with transparency and courage, because we cannot be cowards. This has an outcome and it must be a constitutional and democratic outcome ”.

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