Lima Peru.- The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, asked this Wednesday that the protests be carried out in peace and without resorting to violence, after organizations restarted mobilizations and roadblocks after ending an agreement with the Government.
In an interview with RPP Noticias, the President called for “peace, calm, unity to promote the development of the country.”
“I think that today Peru is experiencing one of the most challenging circumstances in its history. We do not want our country to continue in instability and anxiety, we want a country in peace and order for the good of all of society,” he said.
“I have committed to conducting an orderly and peaceful transition, but we need the support of all compatriots. I believe that the only way for our country to move forward is in peace. Violence not only generates pain and suffering but also leads to to the delay. No one, least of all I, in my capacity as president, want there to be more deaths as a result of the protests.”
But Milan Knezvich, president of the Fighting Front of the city of Abancay, in Apurímac, assured that the demonstrations will continue. “No one is going to want to talk to her. As long as Mrs. Dina Boluarte does not resign, this will continue,” he told Exitosa radio.
The mobilized demand the resignation of Boluarte, the advancement of elections to 2023 and the dissolution of Congress, which dismissed former President Pedro Castillo after trying to carry out a self-coup last December.
The Government anticipated last week the restart from this January 4 of the mobilizations.
“There are ten blockade points, especially in Puno” (southeast), the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Alberto Otárola, told reporters after the installation in Lima of a crisis monitoring and control center.
In Arequipa (south), the Police tried to unblock roads using tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters.
Blockages with stones and burning tires also occurred on roads in the regions of Junín (center) and Puno, Cusco and Apurímac (southeast).
“The airports are operating normally,” Otárola specified, however.
Public buildings and airports in the regions where protests were announced woke up guarded by police and military, the latter authorized to intervene after the declaration of a state of emergency in mid-December.
