07/19/2021 11:13 PM
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Updated 07/19/2021 11:56 PM
The proclaimed president-elect of Peru, Pedro Castillo, gave his first speech minutes after the
National Elections Jury (JNE)
rejected the appeals and challenges and declared him the legitimate first president, without fraud.
"It is not the result of a one-year struggle, but rather it
is a feat
that was undertaken many years ago," Castillo said, calling on "the loyalty of this people" to "make a more just and sovereign country."
"It will be a government in which
no one will be left behind
. Bring your differences, but with loyalty and dignity. And know that
we are not going to allow them to steal a penny,
" Castillo remarked from a balcony of the party headquarters of Peru Libre, in Lima, before thousands of followers.
The designated president called for "unity to open the door" to the next Peruvian bicentennial "with all its differences, with its problems," and stressed that "Peru comes first, you come
first
,
the Peruvian race comes first
."
Castillo, who will formally take office on July 28, showed his already
emblematic hat
and was escorted by the vice-elect, Dina Boluarte.
The celebrations of the Peruvian left that supported Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru.
AFP photo
"I bring an open heart to each and every one of you.
I trust you, and I ask for the loyalty of this people
; I also ask for the effort and sacrifice that we will share together in this fight to
make a more just and more sovereign people,
" he said. the teacher unionist from the Peruvian left who comes to power.
Then, addressing himself directly to the now former Popular Force candidate, Keiko Fujimori, he asked her
not to put
"more
barriers
in this journey, more obstacles to move this country forward."
Thank you Peruvian people for this historic triumph!
The time has come to call on all sectors of society to build together, in this Bicentennial, an inclusive Peru, a just Peru, a Free Peru.
Without discrimination and for the rights and all.
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/JmMdT9miaY
- Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) July 20, 2021
"Welcome to this space to make a government of all, without discrimination,
without looking askance at the disabled, Afro-Peruvians
, Quechuas, Aymara, all ethnic groups," he said.
A while before his first speech as president-elect, Castillo had thanked the "Peruvian people" in a message on his Twitter account for the "historic triumph."
"The time has come to call on all sectors of society to build together, in this Bicentennial,
an inclusive Peru
, a just Peru, a Free Peru. Without discrimination and for rights and all," he added in that message. , the candidate who was questioned for ultra-conservative positions on issues such as
abortion or the rights of sexual minorities
.
And he continued with a call to "the Afro, coastal, Andean and Amazonian peoples, the working class and their unions, the native and peasant communities and the entire society to make this homeland beautiful."
Cristina Kirchner's greeting
All our congratulations to @PedroCastilloTe, who was finally proclaiming today president-elect of Peru.
We wish him much success in his management and we send a big hug to the dear Peruvian people.
- Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina) July 20, 2021
The Argentine vice president, Cristina Kirchner, greeted the proclaimed president of Peru via Twitter.
"All
our congratulations
to Pedro Castillo, who was finally proclaiming today president-elect of Peru," the tweet started.
"We wish him
much success
in his management and we send a big hug to the dear Peruvian people," the post ended.
Alberto Fernández also sent his message, although with the particularity of
having retweeted himself
: he refloated a controversial publication that he made on June 10 when Castillo had not yet been confirmed as the winner of the elections.
Congratulations also came from the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
"In this new political cycle that is opening, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, congratulates the president-elect of the Republic of Peru, Pedro Castillo Terrones, and his Peru Libre party,
wishing them much wisdom
when it comes to assume the direction of the destinies of that sister and beloved nation, "said the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In the text, the Maduro Administration expresses "its firm will to work hand in hand with the new Government of Peru, in order to develop
a bilateral relationship of comprehensive cooperation
."
Source: Télam.
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