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Toledo Pledges to End Peru Government Corruption
| "I come to tell you that now my main aim is the fight against corruption, wherever it appears" |
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Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo promised on Friday to end the graft threatening to undo his government after corruption claims forced three ministers from office at the end of 2003.
Toledo's pledge came amid calls for the resignation of another official, Labor Minister Jesus Alvarado, who is accused of getting jobs for at least 13 relatives in state institutions. "Corruption is a theme that has penetrated the most sensitive fibers of all sectors of Peruvian society," Toledo told reporters after the annual opening of the judiciary. "I come to tell you that now my main aim is the fight against corruption, wherever it appears," added Toledo, whose approval rating has sunk to about 11 percent in recent polls. Toledo, who took office in July 2001 for a five-year term promising to strengthen democracy and end corruption, said he would meet with his Peru Possible party members to discuss ways to clean up the government. Many Peruvians say they are tired of what they say are empty promises. Peru is trying to shake off the legacy of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori, in exile in Japan, and his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, who bribed officials, judges, diplomats and business leaders to cement Fujimori's grip on power from 1990 to 2000. In November, Vice President Raul Diez Canseco resigned as foreign trade minister after being accused of influence peddling. He remains vice president. Prime Minister Beatriz Merino quit before a December Cabinet reshuffle in the face of media reports accusing her of impropriety in her previous job as head of the government tax agency SUNAT. Just four days after the reshuffle, Women's Minister Nidia Puelles resigned over claims she gave jobs to friends at a state agency she used to head. | |
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