The president, Dina Boluarte, bans officers from using deadly weapons during protests and will ask Congress to “shorten the deadlines” for holding early elections
Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has ordered police not to use “not even a deadly weapon” in the civil protests that have rocked the country and to identify those who used them after the number of guns rose to seven this Tuesday. number of deceased. Of the total deaths, six occurred in the Apurímac region, while another occurred in Arequipa. Among the victims are two minors aged 15 and 16.
“I have instructed the police not to use a deadly weapon, not even rubber bullets. I have given the necessary instructions to the Ministry of the Interior to identify the people who have used these weapons that have harmed our sisters and brothers. Once it is individualized, the weight of the corresponding law will fall,” the president said.
Boluarte also announced that he will meet with Congress’s Constitutional Committee to try to “shorten the deadlines” for holding general elections, which a few days ago proposed bringing them forward to April 2024. He also said believes that his predecessor in office, Pedro Castillo, fired and arrested after the failed coup, has been manipulated into labeling her as “usupardora”. “I know him, we talked several times, we hugged and cried many times, I don’t think these words coming out on Twitter are his. They use it, they keep manipulating it,” he said in a statement to the press.
Boluarte’s statements came on the same day that the Peruvian Supreme Court will review the appeal filed by Castillo’s defense against his pre-trial detention for a period of seven days as part of the investigation against him for the alleged crime of rebellion after he unsuccessfully tried to dissolve Congress.
For his part, Castillo shared his statements during the hearing on his Twitter profile, where he reaffirmed his “unfair and arbitrary” detention and expressed his gratitude to those segments of the population who have shown their support for him in recent days. in front of.
Source: La Verdad
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