Protests and roadblocks continue to call for the president’s resignation, among other things. In the city of Juliaca, in the Puno region, several injuries were reported as a result of police repression.
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Peru is still taking to the streets against the government of Dina Boluarte.
the protests Against the government of President-elect Dina Boluarte continued this Friday in Peru on the third day of national strikes to demand his resignation, the closure of Congress, a Constituent Assembly and the release of former President Pedro Castillo.
In the Puno region, sections of the population protesting through the streets of the city of Juliaca, in the province of San Román, are expressing their protests I reject Boluarte and call for the elections to be brought forward to 2023.
Subsequently, several injuries were reported as a result of the strong repression by the security forces against those who were protesting at the Inca Manco Cápac airport in the department.
teleSUR employee Jaime Herrera reported that “the arrival of several people at the health centers of the city of Juliaca was recorded, injured by those who were at the said airport”.
Against this background, the airport administration stopped its activities.
They called for the closure of Congress, the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the creation of a Constituent Assembly. #CommunityVotes 4/4
📷 @MaluRamahi / Wayka pic.twitter.com/YELB2w3RZW— 🇵🇪 Wayka 📢 (@WaykaPeru) January 6, 2023
The regions from which demonstrations have been reported are Arequipa, Ayacucho and Cusco, where “in the Plaza de Armas, a large contingent of police prevented the continuation of the march”.
In addition, community media reported that in the Piura region, members of the peasant patrols from the various provinces and artists mobilized on the main streets against the Congress and the Boluarte government.
Inquiry into Peru’s President ordered into deaths during protests
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The repression against those who protest is becoming increasingly violent.
The public prosecutor ordered the initiation of proceedings before a Investigation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarteon 26 dead during the protests against her last December, and she accepted the measure.
The investigation came on the third day of a new series of protests demanding the resignation of the president, who took office to succeed Pedro Castillo, who was ousted and jailed on December 7 after trying to overthrow Congress to close the opposition.
The cases announced by prosecutors include Defense Minister Alberto Otárola – now Prime Minister – and Interior Minister César Cervantes, who, like Boluarte, have been the subject of complaints over the registered deaths during the December protests.
The head of state reiterated in a message via internet networks that she welcomes this decision “for the immediate clarification of the facts”, ie the loss of life.