Mirtha Vásquez, the new president of the Council of Ministers [PROFILE]

The former president of Congress Mirtha Vásquez replaces Guido Bellido at the head of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. She is the sixth woman in Peruvian history to assume this position.

Mirtha Vásquez entered the national political scene when she acceded to the Complementary Congress on behalf of Cajamarca, the president’s native region Pedro Castillo . In her region, she was known for being the lawyer of Máxima Acuña, the peasant woman who stood up to the mining company Yanacocha.

In Congress He was a member of the Constitution, Ethics and Social Inclusion commissions. She was also one of the 19 congressmen who voted against the presidential vacancy of Martín Vizcarra, which brought Manuel Merino to the presidency, which generated a week of protests.

As a way out of that crisis, a new Board of Directors was formed, which led Francisco Sagasti to the presidency of the Republic and her, to the presidency of Congress. It can be said that Mirtha Vásquez has experience in handling adverse political scenarios, such as those she endured in plenary sessions.

A new strategy for dialogue

Having seen the political turbulence of last year up close, they made her an authorized voice to comment on the new political scenario after the elections, where we have an Executive and Congress in recent confrontation .

“The Executive has to evaluate a better strategy for approaching Congress, because I feel that both powers are in the wrong logic of war, confrontation, then, in the face of any action, the other responds with reaction. It is not the healthiest mechanism “, expressed Mirtha Vásquez in an interview in Nothing is said of RPP.

He also said that the ruling party must strengthen the leadership of Pedro Castillo. “We have a president and I think, From the parties, from their own party, we all have to collaborate so that the leadership of the president, of the person that the people elected, is strengthened. That is the fundamental thing at this time, “he said.

Mirtha Vásquez is a lawyer from the National University of Cajamarca and obtained a master’s degree in Social Management from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She has served as a lawyer and executive secretary of Grufides. She was a lawyer in the Pro Human Rights Association (Aprodeh) and was a member of the Directing Council of the Coordinad National Human Rights Ora.

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