Miguel Yagi Higa, candidate for the Congress of Peru urges PEX's vote

Attorney Miguel Yagi Higa "completely" commits to represent Peruvian residents in Japan and abroad if elected in the subsequent elections of the Congress of Peru, in which he will run with No. 3 on the Lima list of the Avanza País party.

On Jan. 26, Peru would go to the polls to elect 130 congressman who would complete in a year and the period of Congress of Parliament in September 2019 was the constitutional interpretation of President Martín Vizcarra.

"The Peruvians remained in the country for a difficult time (between the 80 and the 1990 's) there was a grateful debt to the Peruvian immigrants who migrated abroad. For decades, those of us can still survive thanks to the support received from a brother, cousin or relative, "Yagi Higa told the international press from Lima.

"There's a total commitment to be able to represent these people (in Congress)," he said.

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The candidate of the "training" party is very familiar with the realities of the Peruvian Diaspora spreading around the world, but especially that of Japan. He is president of the Nikkei school La Unión y Santa Beatriz and knows from within PEAD, the distance education program that allows hundreds of children of Peruvian Dekasegis to be schooled and maintained in Spanish language.

Yagi, is the founder of Aopecoop, the cooperative of the Okinawense Association, and also a managing partner with Aelucoop for seven years. Until he debuted as a candidate for Congress, he served as Secretary-General of the Comas district in Lima.

"For a year and a year that remains to be legislative, all situations will be able to be solved, but there are important issues for the Peruvian people Abroad (PEX)," he said.

Yagi considers the creation of constituency for THE SIMs "important themes", but "not with a few congressmen, as some ' house opinologists ' say but, by THE amount of money they are abroad, I think they should be represented by no less than four congressmen".

According to official data, there are 3 ' 089123 Peruvian people around the world equivalent to 10% of the country's population. The National Institute of Statistical and Information Sciences of Peru sends in 2018 remittances for 3015 million, representing 1.4% of national GDP.

"We owe a debt of gratitude to PEX and that is why it will push for a law for repatriating free capital and property for those returning to the country. Every time a person returns to their country they pay income tax, but PEX has helped for years to increase GDP. I think if they return to the country they need to have some kind of benefit, "Yagi said.

At the same time, it has been beneficial by the legislation that promotes simplified procedures for recognition of universities and by engineering and creating a one-door shop for Peruvians from anywhere in the world to administer in Peru "the overall of Personal documents.

Yagi, who belonged to the Fujimorist party until 2011, years he resigned from the movement, also responded to the legal status of the famous party leader Keiko Fujimori, who faced a new detention request before the trial for some included Money laundering for political contributions.

"In 2011 the electoral law allows the natural or legal, Peruvian or foreign, to make the campaign contribute to political parties. Depriving a person of freedom, for the fact that is not illegal at the time of that election, seems to me not only an exaggeration but also an extraordinary problem and justice, "Yagi , which specialty specialties is electoral law, was.

This Sunday, Jan. 12, Yagi will be one of the three representatives of his party, Avanza País, in the projected election of solidarity organized by the National Electoral jury of Peru can be followed from 09.00 , Japan time.

After a draw, the candidates of Avanza País will discuss their electoral proposals with representatives of the parties Juntos Por La Perú, Vamos Perú, Partido Morado, Avanza País, Podemo Peru, FREPAP and common action. (International press)

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