The president believes her administration’s legitimacy is “incontestable” because it has outperformed the polls, but she is demanding an electoral advance from Congress
Dina Boluarte, the first female president in Peru’s history, has made it a personal challenge to stay in office until the next elections, when they are held. He expressed it clearly when he put the band around his shoulders that designates him as head of state of the Andean country and endorsed this Saturday. The legitimacy of the executive branch, in his view, is “indisputable”. “I fulfill the constitutional order here and I want to cooperate with you,” he stressed. He has no intention of resigning and demanded that Congress approve an advance on the election, which he rejected on the 9th when he arrived at the presidential palace in Lima. The repeated voices calling for his resignation have been attributed to the machismo of part of the population and political class.
The president feels strong and able to unite the Peruvians, who are now divided between supporters and opponents of former president Pedro Castillo, who has fined his failed coup with an 18-month preventive prison sentence. To do this, Boluarte will travel to different regions with his ministers and a week after its formation, he will reconstitute the cabinet of ministers chaired by Pedro Angulo, “to give him more peace of mind with professionals.”
“I would like to personally express my condolences to the families who have lost loved ones during these times when unnecessary violence has been generated for all of Peru,” he said. More than twenty people have been killed in clashes between the different political factions.
“I am no different from the woman who took part in the 2021 election and I don’t understand why the violence in the streets. I didn’t try to be here, I protected former president Pedro Castillo as best I could,” he stressed.
Boluarte also demanded that Congress approve a return to the polls next year. “You have to think and work on the country. 83% of the population wants an advance. So don’t look for excuses. Vote for the country. Don’t hide behind an abstinence. Don’t come up with innocent pretexts and pretend to stay until 2026,” he stressed in reference to the plenary vote that rejected a proposal promoting new elections on Friday. Until polling stations reopen, he will remain “firmly” at the head of the government. “Nobody wants to stay in power. It is Congress that, with its participation, must determine the progress of the election,” he reiterated.
But this delay does not justify the actions of the “conflicting groups” participating in the violent demonstrations. “What purpose do they have in closing airports, making them unusable, burning police stations, institutions of the judiciary and the public prosecutor’s office?” “These are not peaceful marches, they are not social demands,” he said before adding that the armed forces “went to the streets” “to take care of” civilians and public and private property.
The firm position that Boluarte expressed from the presidential palace is based precisely on the guarantee that he has the support of the army and police, whose headquarters supported him during his speech. After violent clashes that have left at least 22 dead since last Sunday, Peruvian security forces reported yesterday that they have regained control of most highways, airports and strategic infrastructures in the Andean country. The head of the Joint Command, Manuel Gómez de la Torre, stated that normality is gradually being restored.
Source: La Verdad
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