In a press conference that appeared for more than two hours and supported by the ministers and the heads of the Armed Forces and the Police, the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, appeared this Saturday to call out the growing rumors of resignation from office and reveal to congress that it approves the advancement of elections.
"Congress must reflect and work towards the country, 83 percent of the population wants early elections, so do not look for excuses not to advance the elections, vote towards the country, do not hide behind an abstention", he claimed bolarte.
"It is in your hands, congressmen, to advance the elections, the Executive has already complied by presenting the bill," added the head of state, accompanied by the ministers, the head of the Joint Command, Manuel Gómez de la Torre; and from the Police, Víctor Zanabria.
Yesterday, Friday, Congress voted against the proposal to advance the elections for December 2023, which stated that the administration of President Dina Boluarte and Congress will end in April 2024.
Boluarte gave an account of the situation that has shaken the country since he came to power on December 7: "I have looked for the Church so that they can be the intermediaries of the dialogue between the violent groups and us" and thus "to be able to work in a fraternal and orderly within the canons of the law”, he reviewed.
«I have sought out the Church so that they can be the intermediaries of the dialogue between violent groups and us»
Dina Boluarte
president of peru
"We cannot generate violence for no reason, Peru after the pandemic cannot stop, Peru after the war between Russia and Ukraine has problems to solve, such as the case of urea," he clarified.
“To these conflicting groups, which are not all of Peru, I ask: what purpose do they have by closing airports, burning police stations, prosecutors, establishments of the Judiciary? These are not peaceful marches or social demands,” Boluarte remarked.
Harassed by machismo
The president also echoed the debate on social networks between analysts and opinion leaders who are calling for her to resign from the presidency, while others demand that she resist and not leave office. It is for this reason that Boluarte responded to this controversy by denouncing the existence of "machismo" against her behind the voices calling for her resignation.
“I want to say putting male brothers: NO to machismo. Why am I a woman, the first woman assuming a tremendous responsibility in the middle of the crisis. Is there no right for women to be able to assume with nobility this responsibility that the Peruvian people place on me?” questioned Boluarte.
According to the survey by the Institute of Peruvian Studies, carried out between December 9 and 14, 44 percent approve that Pedro Castillo has tried to dissolve Congress. Of this universe, 58 percent of those interviewed are in the South and 54 percent are in the Center. In addition, according to the survey, 27 percent approve of Castillo's management.
A person demonstrated with a sign against President Dina Boluarte during a protest in front of the Palace of Justice in Lima and
While Boluarte was giving his press conference at the Government Palace, a few meters away, the head of the Anti-Terrorism Police (Dircote), Óscar Arriola, entered with a group of agents, without the presence of a prosecutor, at the premises of the Peasant Confederation of Peru, founded in 1947.
"According to General Oscar Arriola, there were 22 peasants, who, according to him, were in flagrante delicto of terrorism, without evidence just because they had banners, a ski mask, and there was no prosecutor present to guarantee their rights," the congresswoman told ABC. on the left Ruth Luque.
“I asked the National Prosecutor for the prosecutor to arrive, which he did, and we hope that the proceeding ends without any arrests. Behind the 'terruqueo' (action of accusing someone of being a terrorist), what they want is to sow the logic that the protest is synonymous with terrorism”, concluded Luque.
“The state of emergency lifts the inviolability of the home but does not authorize the Police to detain citizens without any reason and even less suspends procedural guarantees. The premises become demonstrators and function as houses and shelters. How does that transgress the norm?", said the left-wing congresswoman, Sigrid Bazan to ABC, "the real motive of the Police is to persecute the protesters and intimidate them, it is a discriminatory act that must be repudiated."
