Articles

• Aráoz receives vote of confidence

  15 October 2017

  The new cabinet led by Mercedes Aráoz received a vote of confidence in Congress in a lengthy session that extended into the small hours of 13 October. 83 members of Congress voted in favour and 17 against, the latter mainly from the left.  

• APRA seeks to block competition

  15 October 2017

  Mauricio Mulder, one of the five Aprista representatives in Congress, has presented a bill which seeks to prevent parties without official inscription for at least three years prior from participating in elections. It seems to enjoy the support of APRA’s allies in Fuerza Popular.

• PSG annual conference highlights criminalisation of protest

  15 October 2017

  The PSG’s annual conference took place at UCL on 14 October.The day began with an overview of the year in Peru presented by John Crabtree from Oxford University. The principle concern of the day was the trend toward increased criminalisation of activities in civil society space. This was the focus of a strong contribution by Skype from Mirtha Vasquez working with Grufides. The situation in the Amazon in relation to human rights and land titles was summarised by John Beauclerk. Ana Zbona from the London-based BHRRC outlined the nature of the Centre’s work in trying to convince business organisations worldwide of the advantages of transparency and in working collaboratively with communities. A presentation was given by Katie Jenkins from Northumbria University of her work in progress with indigenous women threatened by mining in Cajamarca.

• Fujimori release around the corner?

  7 October 2017

  The release of Alberto Fujimori may be just around the corner. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski reiterated that the release would be triggered by a decision that would be purely and simply based on the health of the former president. He made clear that it would not be a presidential pardon as such.

• Electoral reforms neutered

  7 October 2017

  The Constitutional Commission led by FP Congresswoman Ursula Letona last week presented a bill to reform the current electoral law, concerning gifts to be made to voters during electoral campaigns. Such a bill appears likely to further skewer those proposals put forward by Transparencia and others to remedy the workings of the electoral system in advance of regional and municipal polls in a year’s time.

• No smoke without fire: corruption perceptions on an upwards curve

  1 October 2017

  Perceptions of corruption, as measured by organisations like Transparency International (TI), provide only a proxy for the problem itself, but they show how significant an issue it has become. Proética, the Peruvian branch of TI and the NGO most proactively involved in revealing the scale of corruption, has just published its tenth report since 2002 into such perceptions.

• The Fujimori saga: would-be pardons, party splits and Keiko under investigation

  1 October 2017

  The Fujimori saga continues. All conversation in Lima last week was dominated by the possible imminent pardon of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori. Ever since the vote of no-confidence in the cabinet last month, this issue has topped the agenda. Significantly, the new prime minister, Mercedes Aráoz, has noted that she would not oppose it. The families of victims of human rights crimes perpetrated under the Fujimori government have a rather different view.

• Propuesta Ciudadana and Oxfam argue for ending mining tax concessions

  1 October 2017

  New research published by Grupo Propuesta Ciuadana (GPC) highlights the difficulties faced by Peru’s government “to protect the tax base over the life of a mining project”. The study focuses on the Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde in Arequipa, one of the many companies that for years have benefited from tax stabilisation agreements designed to attract foreign investment.

• SNI criticises FTA with India

  1 October 2017

  The National Industries Association (SNI) has alerted the Kuczynski administration to the dangers of failing to stand up for national interests in the negotiations, currently under way, for a free trade agreement with India. The SNI points to sectors of the Peruvian economy which it says are highly vulnerable to unfair competition from India.

• EGM to propose PSG becomes a charity

  28 September 2017

  There will be an Extraordinary General Meeting of the PSG when a proposal will be made that the PSG apply to become a charity with a new constitution.

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