Peru's entire cabinet resigns over scandal

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Peru's entire cabinet resigns over scandal
Luis Jaime Cisneros, AFP
Published: Friday, October 10, 2008

LIMA - Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted Friday the resignation of his entire 13-member cabinet, in a bid to avert an opposition censure resolution in Congress over a oil-industry kickback scandal.

"The president has accepted our resignations presented to him on Thursday, and will proceed to reshuffle the cabinet," outgoing prime minister Jorge Del Castillo told reporters at government headquarters.

The kickback scandal has been roiling since nine audio tapes were leaked to news media covering backroom negotiations between government officials, a former congressman and a top oil baron, in a bid-rigging scheme to have Norway's Discover Petroleum win five oil exploration concessions last month.

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The political crisis coincides with Garcia's very low, 20 percent approval rating in opinion polls. Garcia is mid-way through his second five-year term in office, which ends in 2011, after serving as president in 1985-1990.



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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. I guess the electorate wanted a second chance to confirm

how corrupt this asshole really is. I guess once wasn't enough.

:eyes:

[bemildred]

2. Nice., maybe they can have him spend more time with his family. nt

[Bossy Monkey]

3. Shit, our entire government is an oil kickback scandal

Oh to be in Peru now that-- well I guess they're still corrupt and our national nightmare is ready to end. Sounds like a promising sign at least, though.

[zehnkatzen]

4. If Only Our Government Had That Much Integrity ... n/t k/r

[Dem2theMax]

5. You beat me to it!

:evilgrin:

[Heather MC]

8. They have our money they don't need integrity

[Peace Patriot]

6. Garcia should resign! What a jerkwad he is! I hope they prosecute him before he absconds

with the peoples' treasury to...um...let's see, Paraguay is out. They elected a leftist--the beloved "bishop of the poor," friend of Rafael Correa, Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez--and rescinded their non-extradition law and their immunity for the U.S. military. Paraguay is no longer a haven for absonding fascists. Where can Garcia and his "little Bushies" cabinet escape to? Argentina? Nope. Gone leftist, too. Brazil? Leftist. President, like Argentina's, is also a friend and ally of Chavez and the Bolivarians. Notable: Leftist = good government. Brazil had a bit of a scandal a few years back, but it didn't touch their popular, former steelworker president. And the rest of them look like goddamn saints next to our Bushwhacks and their two pals in South America, Allan Garcia in Peru, and Alvaro Uribe (former Medellin Cartel) in Colombia. Natch, the Bushwhacks pick the two worst leaders in the hemisphere--and maybe the world--to be all palsy walsy with in their foreign relations.

Let's see. Uruguay? Gone leftist. Nicaragua? Gone leftist. El Sslvador? Going leftist soon. Honduras? Ah, John Negroponte's "death squad" staging area. But, hey, wait! Honduras just joined ALBA, the Bolivarian trade group, and is going, going, almost gone leftist. Guatemala? Where Reagan's guys slaughtered 200,000 Mayan villagers? Surely Guatemala would welcome an absconding piece of crap like Garcia. Nope, nope. New progressive government, don't know yet how leftist. Social justice agenda. Real good guy as president. OK, Mexico. Yeah, Mexico could certainly find a place for the very, very corrupt ex-president of Peru.

But, really, the Grand Prize as haven for rich, thieving, absconding fascists, and their assorted body guards and hit squads is right here in the good 'ol "land of the free, home of the brave."

So, expect to see Alan Garcia in Miami soon, with two Jaguars in the driveway (like "Guido"). Where else?

[Confusious]

7. I don't think I've had quite enough beer

I though it said palin's entire cabinet. I made it out after a second. I'm doing good. time for another beer!

[judasdisney]

9. Surprise, surprise. Where are all the DU Garcia supporters now?

Besides Skinner, of course. I guess it's up to the Butcher of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, to sponsor our upcoming False Flag terrorism framing Chavez & drawing Obama into conflict with Latin America's Left.

[bean fidhleir]

10. Peru really seems to be in trouble - Fujimori, cat-eating,oil scandals,.... Yukk.

That country is definitely off my list for any SA trips.