TEHRAN, October 26 - Peru's most powerful conservative party vowed on Thursday to stop engaging in disputes with other political groups, a dramatic opposition shift that could help President Martin Vizcarra pass legislation.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Once emboldened by its solid Congress majority won in the 2016 election despite losing the presidency, the party, Popular Force, is in crisis as its leader Keiko Fujimori faces three years in jail over charges she denies.
Fujimori has tasked an "emergency committee" with rebuilding the party after a handful of its top leaders resigned this week.
In a rare mea culpa, Popular Force Congresswoman Ursula Letona, a panel member, said the party should have focused more on lawmaking in the past two years, which were marked by hostilities between the executive and legislative branches that led the former president to resign in March.
"We did many things, but we also fell into the confrontation game and that was a political mistake we acknowledge," Letona said, without mentioning specifics.
"We aim to return to the path we started in Congress of proposing a series of reforms for Peru, an agenda."
Source: Reuters
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