The governor of Puno, Walter Aduviri Calisaya, seems to have not yet overcome the bustle of last year's political campaign. And it is that, having in front of him one of the candidates of the opposition movement, “Poder Andino”, refused to listen to him and practically marginalized him publicly, which has been considered as a discriminatory behavior by the newspaper "La Republica", which supported him before and after the election (1):
The image personified by the governor of Puno, Walter Aduviri Calisaya, had a slump because of the discriminatory treatment he had with a leader. The regional authority was promoted as the claiming leader of the Quechua and Aymara. (...) Several analysts agreed that the governor was intolerant. "He must be aware that the elections have already passed and that he is now governor of all. He did wrong to answer grotesquely. An authority has to be a true politician and that happens to be tolerant of all political positions”, said sociologist and professor Felipe Supo Condori. For him, Aduviri cracked his image and said "he has no control or tolerance with those who, at the time, were his adversaries". While the sociologist Carlos Flores described Aduviri as "a troop general who does not know where to go". "If this was the case with a leader, I can not imagine how he will be directing his regional policies. I can notice that, instead of advisers, he has people who flatter him just for the position”, he said. (...) The incident has been narrated by various diaries, such as "Diario sin fronteras" (2):
According to a video of just over two minutes, the leader of the “Central de Barrios” of this province, Leon Vidal Garrido, is appraised, preparing to expose the needs and pending projects in this place, when he is interrupted by the governor who dismisses the meeting alleging he has political interests. "Garrido has been a candidate (...) the issue is political ..." he says as he lies reclining in his chair and in a burlesque tone he rebukes him that he ran for regional counseling with the Andean Power Movement, led by his former contender, Alexander Flores. AUTHORITARIAN AND SUPERBORIOUS Baffled the leader (Vidal) reminds the authority (Aduviri) that the electoral process culminated last year and now he should encourage dialogue, but Aduviri insists on the political issue, even questioning that in his social networks it is evident that he was a candidate. "Are we going to have to discriminate against the brothers? ... practically because they have another political store", Garrido questions then. To which Aduviri, who keeps flashing the pen on his desk (considered a rude behavior) and looks at him defiantly, insists that the leader should say that he has come on behalf of the other regional movement, generating the discomfort of the leaders who waited for him for hours to hold such a meeting where the governor gave indications of having forgotten that now he is representative of the entire region and not only of a political organization. The former candidate for the regional chair of Puno for the Andean Power Political Movement, Alexander Flores, lamented the discriminatory attitude of the current regional governor, Walter Aduviri, and also ruled on the resignations of some regional government managers a few days after having assumed their positions, which apparently were the first signs of the authoritarian behavior of the new regional governor (3):
The ex-candidate considered the attitude of Walter Aduviri as painful and arrogant. He also criticized the changes and resignations generated within the Regional Government during the months of January and February. "Nobody is crazy to occupy a position for 4 days and then resign, haughtiness, selfishness and discrimination forces the best managers to leave their positions, that shows weakness in the public administration of the governor”, said Alexander Flores. The dissemination of this incident by the media and social networks has generated the rejection of virtually all the people of Puno, as can be corroborated by reading the comments made by them after seen the video published, among others, by "La Decana Radio Juliaca" on its facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ladecanaradio/videos/602804746811961/ But beyond the abrupt decrease in his popularity, Aduviri could be sanctioned and vacated of his charge (regional governor) because of this discriminatory behavior, as "Diario sin fronteras" has documented:
(...) the counselor for the province of Puno, Jorge Zuniga, considered that the former Aymara's attitude violates the fundamental rights of the people, citing Article 323 of the Peruvian Criminal Code, which states that discrimination against one or more people for racial, religious, sexual or disability reasons, language, ethnic and cultural identity, clothing and political opinion will be repressed with imprisonment of not less than two years; and in case of being a public official, the penalty can not be less than 2 years, nor more than 4 years. Regarding whether the governor's discriminatory attitude would be grounds for vacancy, the dean of the Bar Association of the Puno region, Peter Manzaneda Cabala, said that the injured party, in this case the leader Leon Vidal Garrido, would have to file a complaint against the holder of the statement and according to the judgment it could be evaluated if the vacancy proceeds. Regarding the reasons for the vacancy of an authority, according to the Political Constitution of the Peruvian State, it could be due to illness and physical impediment, assumption of another charge by popular mandate, death, moral disability, by a judicial sentence issued for fraudulent crime, among other. That is, if Leon Vidal denounces Walter Aduviri for discrimination and wins the trial then the vacancy proceeds and new elections are called for the regional government of Puno. In fact, in statements made to "La Decana" (4), Leon Garrido announced that having obtained the corresponding instrumental evidence, his lawyers will file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor against the Regional Governor Walter Aduviri Calisaya for the crime of discrimination. This new trial for discrimination adds to (not in a legal manner) the trial that Aduviri will have to face by the "Aimarazo", and that according to "The Republic" (5) would begin in April of this year.
(1)
https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1419017-desdibuja-imagen-inclusiva-walter-aduviri (2)
https://www.diariosinfronteras.pe/2019/02/18/puno-walter-aduviri-maltrato-a-dirigentes-de-la-provincia-de-sandia/ (3)
https://www.diariosinfronteras.pe/2019/02/19/excandidato-al-gobierno-regional-de-puno-acitud-de-aduviri-da-pena/ (4)
https://ladecana.pe/2019/02/19/dirigente-barrial-de-la-provincia-de-sandia-reitero-que-presentara-denuncia-contra-gobernador-regional-por-delito-de-discriminacion/ (5)
https://larepublica.pe/politica/1419619-gobernador-aduviri-sera-vez-juzgado-aimarazo-abril