Two ministers of interim president Boluarte resign over death of about 20 civilians in clashes with security forces
The political crisis is worsening the social situation in Peru day by day. Even the specter of civil war is looming after some 20 people have lost their lives in clashes between supporters and opponents of former President Pedro Castillo, who is to be held in preventive detention for 18 months after being fired by Congress over botched self-defense . coup on the 14th.
Chief Justice Juan Carlos Checkley confirmed it, as the former president could have committed the crimes of rebellion and conspiracy. He will be in the same prison as Alberto Fujimori, who led the country between 1990 and 2000. One of the magistrate’s arguments is the speech Castillo gave from the government palace, where he dissolved the chamber and unsuccessfully tried to remove all power from the government. grab. Stands together with the armed forces and the police.
Meanwhile, the state of emergency, which authorizes the army to intervene against the riots, fails to contain the tension and violence spreads throughout the Andean country, especially in the south, the birthplace of the populist ex-president. The main source of tension is in Ayacucho, where a group of people entered the airport last Wednesday by throwing stones and rockets, while the army responded with tear gas bombs launched from helicopters and firearms, killing 7 and injuring 52.
Dina Boluarte’s interim cabinet seems far from lurking, but it is sometimes weakening. Education ministers Patricia Correa and culture ministers Jair Pérez resigned six days after taking office over the “disproportionate” response to anti-government demonstrations. “The deaths of compatriots have no justification. State violence cannot be a cause of death,” Correa wrote on Twitter. Pérez, for his part, claimed that “the irreparable loss of siblings makes his permanence in the executive branch untenable.”
“Our country is facing a political crisis of great magnitude that requires democratic beliefs, respect for order and, at the same time, for the physical integrity and life of every Peruvian citizen, which have unfortunately been violated in recent hours,” he stressed. .
«In Ayacucho, the videos show that civilians with signs in their hands have been shot by members of the army. That is extrajudicial execution. It’s murder. We are documenting everything that happened in order to file criminal charges against the Executive,” said Gloria Cano, the lawyer of the Human Rights Association.
To further exacerbate the disagreements, Congress, tense and confronted, has refused to bring forward the election to 2023. This advance, which the president had initially refused, has become a cornerstone in calming the protests. The plenary rejected this project, which proposed to end the provisional mandate next year. The initiative received only 49 votes, falling short of the 66 needed to later be ratified by the Peruvians in a referendum. Renovación Popular and Avanza País (right) and Perú Libre en Bancada magistrale (left) voted against the proposal, sparking a brawl in Congress that led to the cancellation of the session to an unscheduled date.
“The people will judge them by their votes. Forgive us Peru. Faced with the crisis, the deaths, the violent agendas and now the rejection of the early elections,” said Susel Paredes, congressman of the Morado party (center), at the end of the session.
The claim of the Peruvians who have taken to the streets was the promotion of elections and “that they all go away”. They seem unwilling to accept partial solutions that silence the protests but fail to address the real problems of the citizenry.
Source: La Verdad
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