Dina Boluarte bets on former chief prosecutor Pedro Angulo to be prime minister and calls for “calm” after the political crisis unleashed by the arrest of former President Castillo
Determined to suspend the political crisis that erupted in Peru last Wednesday following ex-President Pedro Castillo’s attempt to form “an exceptional government”, the new head of state, Dina Boluarte, vowed in her cabinet this Saturday that it would be led by former superior prosecutor Pedro Anulo Arana. The president, who served as vice president until the 7th, has followed the constitutional script and presented the new faces of the executive in a ceremony that marked the epilogue to a week of extreme tension.
The ceremony took place in the Elespuro room of the Palacio de Pizarro, in Lima, with some delays regarding the appointments, which also included Alberto Otárola as Defense Minister, César Augusto Cervantes Cárdenas (Interior), Alex Contreras (Economy and Finance ) or Ana Cecilia Gerbasi Díaz (Foreign).
Hours earlier, however, Boluarte was forced to “call for calm” via his Twitter account after protests by Castillo supporters on Friday night left at least eight injured (four civilians and four officers). “Respect, dialogue and tolerance are essential in a democracy. We guarantee the unrestricted respect for human rights,” he said.
Boluarte has stated that, after swearing in his cabinet, he will begin preparations for a visit to former President Pedro Castillo, who has been held in temporary prison for seven days at the National Directorate of Special Operations (Dinoes) and who has political asylum applied for from the Mexican government.
Source: La Verdad
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