Peru's Castillo chooses leftist party colleague as PM

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Peru's President Pedro Castillo on Thursday named a prime minister from within his Marxist-Leninist Free Peru party - 41-year-old Guido Bellido ...

AYACUCHO: Peru's President Pedro Castillo on Thursday named a prime minister from within his Marxist-Leninist Free Peru party - 41-year-old Guido Bellido who first became a lawmaker six days ago and has never held public office.

He is one 37 Peru Libre lawmakers elected to the 130-member Congress in April. Under Peruvian law, parliamentarians can also hold government positions. Peruvian media say Bellido was investigated by prosecutors for an alleged"apology for terrorism" over statements made after taking up his parliamentary seat last Friday - which assured him immunity from prosecution.In statements to the Inka Vision online news outlet, he appeared to defend people who supported the Shining Path Maoist guerrilla group which fought the state from 1980 to 2000 and is dubbed a"terrorist" organisation by Lima.

Senderistas is the name for followers of Shining Path, which some detractors have sought to link Castillo to, though he has insisted he fought against the movement as a"rondero" or peasant patrol member.

 

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