The President of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otárolareiterated that the President of the Republic, Dina BoluarteHe’s not going to give up. One of the requests of the protests in the south and other parts of the country is that she step aside for the immediate advancement of the general elections.
“With a very simple phrase: He is not going to give up. The Chairwoman She is a leader who has bravely and responsibly assumed the task that history has given her,” the premier responded to Trome, when asked about the violence in various regions and the demand that she resign.
Otárola He did not refer directly to whether these days he sees boluarte fearful, but explained that he talks “every day” with her. “And every day I am more convinced that she is the president that Peru needs for this transition,” he said.
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“If the president were to resign, which is not going to be the case, there would have to be a succession in Parliament, a call for elections and the schedule would be more or less the same as that already agreed by the Congress at the proposal of Executive powerSo it doesn’t make any sense,” he said.
He said that requesting the president’s resignation is a “maximalist” request, “fundamentalist” that, together with the idea of constituent Assembly“it does not make any sense”.
“(But) we do have to pay attention to the real demands of the people who want more water, more infrastructure, more presence of the State,” he commented.
In addition, the head of the cabinet referred to the deaths in the protests and assured that “in no way” was the order given to the Police waves Armed forces Shoot to kill civilians.
“It is outrageous to pretend to say that the President Boluarte or the ministers ordered to shoot or a slaughter. This has no support, either in practice, in fact, or legally,” he stated.
He added: “What we have said is that we deeply regret the deaths. No Peruvian should have died and we have made an invocation that the Public ministry start promptly, we have given all the facilities of the case so that death by death is investigated and the truth is reached ”.
He also ruled out the occurrence of the announced ‘Taking of Lima‘: “There will not be, rest assured… We are in charge of ensuring internal order, we are going to take care of the life, safety, and integrity of all Peruvians.”
He clarified that the early elections “is on the court” of the Legislative. “Rather, I take this opportunity to call on Congress to have a sense of urgency and ratify once and for all the first vote to advance the elections,” he added.
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