The clashes between the police and the demonstrators, who claim the departure of the state chief, have left at least 42 dead for five weeks.
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largely disputed through a country in the grip of violent demonstrations, the president of Peru Dina Boluarte excludes to resign.
“Some voices from supporters of violence and radicals ask for my resignation, encouraging the population to chaos, disorder and destruction. To them, I tell them in a responsible manner: I will not resign, my commitment is With Peru, “said M me boluarte in a message to the nation broadcast Friday January 13 by state television.
The country of South America is going through a major crisis characterized by many events and road blockages. The clashes between demonstrators and the police have made since the start of the crisis, five weeks ago, at least 42 dead, including a police officer burned alive by the crowd, and hundreds of wounded.
The protests broke out after the dismissal and the arrest on December 7 of the left president Pedro Castillo, accused of having tried to perpetrate a coup by wanting to dissolve the Parliament which was preparing to hunt it from power . M me boluarte, who was the vice-president of Mr. Castillo, succeeded him in accordance with the Constitution. But the demonstrators, who see in her a “traitor”, demand her departure. They also demand a new parliament and the immediate election holding, already advanced from 2026 to April 2024.
Departure of three ministers in two days
The Inter -American Commission for Human Rights (CIDH), which completed an inspection mission in Peru on Friday, requested an impartial investigation into the repression of demonstrations by power, believing that indices pointed to a ” excessive use of force “. The Peruvian prosecution has opened an investigation for “genocide” against Ms. Boluarte and several other senior officials.
Instability has repercussions on the government of M me boluarte which conceded the departure of three ministers in two days. The president accepted, on Friday, the departure of the Minister of the Interior Víctor Rojas, replaced by the retired police general Vicente Romero who has already held the post of Minister of the Interior in 2018, under President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. The outgoing minister was strongly criticized for the excessive use of force by the Peruvian police against the demonstrators
At the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Nancy Tolentino succeeded Greek Rojas in his functions.
In addition, Dina Boluarte also took oath to the new Minister of Labor Luis Alfonso Adrianzén, after the resignation Thursday of Eduardo García, in disagreement with the management of demonstrations by the government.