Lima Peru.- The Twitter account of the President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, was deactivated on Tuesday night, amid protests demanding her resignation almost two months after taking office.
According to the newspaper El Comercio, sources from the Presidency indicated that the President does not frequently use her account on the social network and messages for the nation will be transmitted through official channels.
The event brought speculation to thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of the President, who has repeatedly assured that she is not going to resign.
Congress stalls ahead of elections
The Peruvian Congress planned to continue for the fourth time this Wednesday a debate to advance the general elections in 2023 as a way to cool the protests against Boluarte and the same Parliament that in two months of demonstrations have left 58 dead.
The legislators’ meeting was suspended on Tuesday after a consensus could not be found among the 13 political groups to set the exact dates on which the elections would take place and the start of the new presidential and congressional terms. On Monday there were no agreements between the political groups either.
The debate in Parliament, which will resume before noon, takes place amid protests by thousands who for two months have demanded the resignation of Boluarte, as well as that of the members of Parliament.
The mobilizations began at the end of 2022 as a reaction to the removal and imprisonment of then-President Pedro Castillo, who on December 7 tried to dissolve Congress to avoid a vote for his removal from office.
