“We regret the death of two people and several injured after the clashes. I urge the population to calm down,” said the minister, shortly after the police had already announced the death of a protester.
Demonstrations took place in various cities in the northern and southern Andes, for the fourth consecutive day, demanding the release of former President Pedro Castillo, who was dismissed by Congress on Wednesday and has since been detained in a National Police unit in Lima.
Thousands of people mobilized through the streets of Cajamarca, Arequipa, Tacna, Andahuaylas, Huancayo, Cusco and Puno, among other regions, according to images broadcast by local television stations, the AFP news agency reported.
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The situation was especially complicated in the department of Apurímac -where the new president of the republic is from, Dina Boluarte– and, above all, in his city Andahuaylas, located about 760 kilometers southeast of Lima.
In Andahuaylas, where the protests left 16 civilians and four police officers injured, Clashes between demonstrators and uniformed officers resumed. The former attacked with slingshots and stones, and law enforcement repelled with tear gas.
In that city, the airport remained closed due to various damages caused since yesterday by protesters, who were still holding hostage an unspecified number of workers and police officers, the operating company Corpac reported in a statement.
The Peruvian National Police (PNP) reported that it sent a contingent of 150 troops from Lima in order to restore order in Andahuaylas.
Likewise, a group of social organizations from Apurímac declared themselves a “popular insurgency” and called for an indefinite strike starting tomorrow in that region, according to the newspaper La República and RPP radio.
In this context, the regional government declared this afternoon a yellow alert for the health sector, to guarantee permanent attention, and suspended classes and other educational activities “until further notice”, in order to protect the life and health of students. , according to the Andina agency.
Service to the public was also suspended in all institutional offices, whose staff must work remotely, except in the cases of the health sector and the offices in charge of executing the budget and liquidating salaries.
Likewise, the governor, Baltazar Lantarón, summoned leaders and representatives of the various social sectors to a dialogue table “as soon as possible.”
In parallel, dhe of the largest intercity bus travel companies announced the suspension of their routes from Lima and Arequipa -the country’s second city, some 1,010 kilometers southeast of the capital- to the south of the country, including the tourist center of Cusco, due to numerous roadblocks.
“National Dialogue”
On the other hand, the regional authorities asked to talk with Boluarte in order to “maintain investments, projects, for different sectors such as health, education, agriculture, transportation and others,” said the governor of Cusco and president of the National Assembly of Regional Governors ( ANGR), Jean Paul Benavente.
“That a national dialogue be called; we believe that the most propitious instance is the National Agreement, where various institutions, workers, the private sector, among others, are present,” said Benavente.
The National Agreement is a space for dialogue and commitment to State policies, made up of national, regional and local governments, as well as political parties and civil society organizations.
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Meanwhile, the unicameral Congress was preparing to meet this afternoon to examine the progress of the “preliminary proceedings” of the fiscal investigation into Castillo and who until Wednesday were his chief of staff, Betssy Chávez, and his Minister of the Interior, Willy Huerta. .
The Public Ministry is investigating them for the possible crimes of rebellion and conspiracy in relation to Castillo’s message in which he announced the closure of Parliament and the establishment of an exceptional government with suspension of constitutional guarantees and curfew.
Due to this decision, which was considered a “coup d’état” and for which Castillo had no support from his party, his cabinet or the armed and security forces, Congress immediately removed the until then president and took an oath. to her natural successor, the until then vice president Boluarte.
Dismissal
Castillo, a 53-year-old rural teacher who came to government in July 2021, was detained by his own escort while on his way to the Mexican embassy to request asylum and was placed in preventive detention for seven days on Thursday.
If found guilty of rebellion, he would face between 10 and 20 years in prison.
In Lima, hundreds of supporters of Castillo marched through the historic center of the city towards Congress called by leftist groups in a demonstration that brought together fewer people than in previous days.
The continuity of the protests in a large part of the country caused the Police to announce the suspension of vacations and permits for its personnel until “new order”.
Source: Ambito
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