Peru's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Luna on Tuesday demanded the re-establishment of democratic order in Venezuela during the 47th Regular Session of the Organization of American States' (OAS) General Assembly.
While addressing the multilateral institution, the government official expressed Peru's conviction that the deterioration of the Bolivarian nation's democratic regime
must be stopped.
Minister Luna said the Venezuelan Government ought to abandon plans to convene a national constituent
assembly "that would create a parallel constitutional power, as well as a critical —and most likely irreversible— situation."
In this sense, he underscored the defense and promotion of democracy are still a main concern for OAS.
The Foreign Affairs official stressed Venezuela's crisis "demands an urgent agreement by all Venezuelan actors to re-establish democracy, releasing political prisoners right away,
ceasing arbitrary detentions and ending violence."
In this respect, Luna reiterated Peru's support to Venezuelan people's demand for an election schedule and the pressing need to address the country's dramatic humanitarian crisis.
Lastly, the minister noted threats to democracy involve not only breaches of the constitutional order, but also corruption crimes that hinder countries' democratic institutional character and social legitimacy.
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