New Peru PM says redrafting constitution is not a priority

FILE PHOTO: Peru's President Pedro Castillo shakes hands with Mirtha Vasquez after her swearing-in as the country's new Prime Minister, in Lima, Peru October 6, 2021. Peru Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's new prime minister Mirtha Vasquez said redrafting the country's pro-market constitution is not currently a priority for the government, despite it having been a key campaign promise.

"This government is not proposing (to change the constitution) and won't propose that overnight," Vasquez said during one of her first interviews late on Friday with state-owned TV Peru. "Right now, what matters is facing the pandemic...and especially generating economic stability."