“We tell them that we will act with the weight of the law,” launched the president during her speech and added: “I want to show solidarity with the police.”
Victim
The day claimed one more fatality, when a 30-year-old man died in the city of Arequipa in an attempt to take over the airport.
Since Boluarte took office, 43 days ago, 43 civilians and a policeman died in clashes and about 10 more people as a result of the protests and roadblocks.
But national attention was focused on the “taking of Lima,” in which thousands of people from all over the country participated, especially the southern Andes.
The strongest demonstration of rejection against Boluarte and the Congress passed basically in peace, except for relatively minor clashes in the vicinity of Abancay avenue, where the Bolívar square, seat of the Legislature, is located.
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“We have arrived at the immense town of the lords and we are removing it”, a phrase by the prominent indigenous novelist José María Arguedas (1911-1969), was seen printed on several downtown walls, as a description of what was happening.
But, in the end, Lima and provincials marched shoulder to shoulder. Lima districts of the northern, eastern and southern cones, populated to a large extent by people who also say they feel neglected and who have Quechua and Aymara ethnic roots, displayed large banners of support.
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TO THE CAPITAL. Demonstrations from all over Peru converged yesterday in Lima to demand the resignation of the president, Dina Boluarte, the dissolution of Congress and the launching of a constitutional process.
“Our brothers from the interior are not alone,” a woman from the populous San Juan de Lurigancho district of Lima shouted with a megaphone in hand, referring to the fact that all those killed in protests lost their lives outside of Lima.
The “taking of Lima”, in addition to the resignation of Boluarte, called for the closure of the right-wing controlled Congress, general elections as soon as possible, a new Constitution and freedom for the ousted former president Pedro Castillo.
Crisis in Peru
The current incidents in Peru, where there has been a permanent crisis since 2016, They erupted after Congress last December ousted leftist Castillo, who had previously unsuccessfully tried to shut down Parliament and rule by decree, and replaced him by then-Vice President Boluarte.
The new president said in principle that she intended to stay until the end of the term, in 2026, thus ignoring the popular clamor of 83% for immediate general elections, according to the polls, and giving Congress more air than in the measurements is rejected by 88%.
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He then backed off, but the country was already on fire. Early elections are now potentially scheduled for April 2024, but the motley opposition not only thinks that date is too far away, but also fears that Boluarte and especially the Legislature are trying to circumvent it.
Complaints
For government spokesmen, the opposition is led by “professional bullies” with links to terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal mining and former Bolivian President Evo Morales, an interpretation that causes discomfort among opponents.
The protesters assure that they are neglected citizens who demand integration, respect for their rights, better economic possibilities and that they not be repressed with the excess of force that even the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has already spoken of.
Today, in addition, there were clashes in the southern cities of Cusco, Juliaca and Ica and in the northern one of Virú, while more than 100 sections of roads continued to be interrupted by protesters in Andean, coastal and jungle departments.
Civic leaders said that they will remain in their protests until Boluarte resigns and opens the way for an electoral process for this year.
Source: Ambito
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