Former Ombudsman Walter Gutierrez noted this Tuesday that President Dino Boluarte had to inform the Congress and the Council of Ministers about it operative intervention which he underwent in 2023, as there was a risk of a “power vacuum” in the event of any complications during the operation and the post-operative process.
in the program Expanding news, Gutierrez remembered it Baluarte Zegarra does not have vice presidents and that while it is true that “there are no rules that oblige you to report,” there is an obligation to be accountable to the country. So he believed that head of state borne by violation of the constitution.
“There was a risk of a power vacuum. You, as the president, must foresee these circumstances, the progress of the country cannot be jeopardized. Thinking otherwise will mean that you have a tribal vision of power, that is, power belongs to you and you are not accountable to anyone,” he noted.
“There is no rule that says you have to report, but it falls into the trap of literalism in the Constitution. From my point of view, he should have reported … he did not comply with the Constitution,” he added.
The questions of the former ambassador of Peru in Spain concerned not only the president, but also the state ministers, because they did not ask about the state of the president. And, according to journalistic information, Art head of state Was absent between June 29 and July 10, 2023.
“When you are a minister and the president is absent for a week or ten days, you ask what is happening to the president. (…) The minister is a collaborator of the president, but he is also a filter…”, he noted.
However, Art former head of the Ombudsman’s office felt that it would be inappropriate to leave President Dina Baluarte because in the end presidential impeachment will mean “instability”.
“It should establish a procedure and emphasize that the president is subject to public scrutiny,” he concluded.