MEXICO CITY, Dec 12 On former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's blog , arrested on charges of rebellion and abuse of power, published a handwritten letter in which the politician refuses to resign and urges the people not to recognize the results of the planned elections. consider impeaching him. However, the parliamentarians still gathered for a meeting and decided on his resignation. The military and police spoke out against the president's decision, the politician was detained on charges of sedition and abuse of power and placed under preliminary arrest for seven days. Vice-President of Peru Dina Boluarte took the oath of the head of state in Congress and became the first woman president of the country, the day before she proposed holding early presidential elections in 2024.
«I appeal to you to once again declare that I am unconditionally loyal to the people and the constitutional mandate that I have as president, and I will not resign or give up my high and sacred functions,» the text of the letter signed by Castillo reads.
«What the usurper recently said is nothing more than the same snot and drool of the right-wing putschists. Therefore, the people should not fall for their dirty game about new elections. Stop mocking! The Constituent Assembly (to hold — ed.) now! Immediate freedom, «is written by hand in a letter on two notepad sheets.
The Constituent Assembly in Peru is a congress of people's representatives that was held five times in the 19th and 20th centuries. The last time was in 1992, after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to adopt a new constitution.