The truce granted by a sector of the Peruvian people, mostly from the interior of the country, to the government of Dina Boluarte is nearing completion. The protests will resume this Wednesday, January 4, after the end of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, and with this the social outbreak is once again a latent danger.
There are at least seven regions that announced, through their leaders and directors, the start of a indefinite strike so that their requests are obeyed, among them the closing of the Congress and the resignation of President Boluarte.
After a meeting in Arequipa, leaders of that region, Puno, Cusco, Apurímac, Moquegua, Madre de Dios and Ayacucho decided to terminate the truce that was offered to the Executive for the end-of-year festivities and will resume the demonstrations.
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In that macro-regional meeting, the population agreed to abide by the strike indefinitely, continue with the request for the resignation of the president and added the request to the authorities to issue severe criminal sanctions for the perpetrators and those responsible for the more than 20 deaths registered nationwide.
Within this large sector of Protestants there is a group with a more radical thought: “Dina Boluarte He has to not only resign, but also go to jail.” Jose Luis Chapa Diazpresident of the Departmental Federation of Workers of Arequipa (FDTA), is one of those who think so.
The spirits against her have been increasing by ordering the State of Emergency in several cities that allowed military take to the streets. Videos shared on social networks show how they fired point blank with their war rifles.
Among the demands of the demonstrators, apart from the early elections, the closure of the Congress of the Republic and the call for a constituent Assemblyincludes the release of the former president Pedro Castillo. Currently, he is serving 18-month preventive detention in the Barbadillo prison, in Ate-Vitarte, for the failed coup.
Apart from the indefinite strike announced in those seven regions of the South of the countrythe population prepares a new “march of the Four His” bound for Lima. The date will be announced after a new consultation between leaders and the regional bases.
Felix Suasacapresident of the Unified Defense Front Against Contamination of the Coata Basin and Lake Titicaca, indicated that unity is maintained in the macro-south, in order to comply with the measures of protest.
“This will be an indefinite strike and if they are not attended to or if we do not receive a response from the central level, we will begin to work on the legal part to separate the macro-south of Peru,” he said.
The leader maintained that all the regions have agreed on and supported this proposal, as well as the agenda of the protest measure, since they feel annoyed by the actions of the Central government against the protesters.
In addition, he reported that it was agreed to strengthen the unity with the regional fronts, defense fronts, the national assembly of the peoples and other organizations for the “march of the Four Theirs” to Lima.
The peasant rounds de Chota (Cajamarca), the birthplace of former President Castillo, announced that they will restart the agricultural strike in January 2023. This will extend to the 13 provinces of this northern region. They alerted citizens to stock up on food and carriers to take precautions for possible road block.
This union group considers that Peru is mourning the death of more than 20 people during the protests in december of 2022.
“The important thing is to maintain social peace, respect for the fundamental rights of people and avoid damage to the private property”, pointed out the head of the Cajamarca Police Front, General PNP Fredy Pisfil, before the announcement of the ronderos.
Since CuscoPresident Boluarte regretted the announcement of the restart of the protests, called in some parts of the country for this January 4.
“They are pretexts to continue causing chaos,” emphasized Boluarte, while questioning that leaders of seven regions have requested the closing of the Congress and the release of Castillo from jail. He added that these proposals are unfeasible and are points that “it is not in my hands to resolve.”
In addition, the dignitary referred to the acts of vandalism caused in the marches and clarified that he will not resign from the presidential band.
“What do we solve by burning public ministries where there are two files as an investigation? What do we solve by burning police stations? Let’s work together let’s look at the country sincerely with our hearts in our hands, ”she expressed.
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