The former presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza questioned that the National Police of Peru (PNP) has promoted the so-called ‘march for peace’ for this Tuesday in response to the wave of protests that were going to be reactivated in different parts of the country against the government of Dina Boluarte.
“Not only is it unconstitutional and extremely dangerous for the PNP to become politicized; It is also unworthy that those who persecute, repress and kill present themselves as champions of peace. We want peace, yes, but not with bullets and repression, we want peace with justice and equality, ”she wrote on his personal Twitter account.
As is public, the institutional accounts of the Police published a video last Friday in which they called for a march to promote peace. The call had been disseminated with graphics and videos in which the Oscar Arriolahead of the Criminal Investigation Directorate (Dirincri).
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“Peruvian brothers. We invite you to the great national march for the peace which will take place this Tuesday, January 3 at 3:00 pm throughout Peru. In Lima it will be in the Mars field. Not one more drop of blood, not one more injured Peruvian, no to violence,” said the police high command.
This summoned the churches, merchants, workers, housewives, relatives, transporters, workers, teachers and students to participate.
With the intention of distinguishing the demonstration, he called on the attendees to wear a white garment. Said citizen exhibition has the support of the Ministry of Interior and has come to be discussed by the president Dina Boluarte who pointed out that “there is a group of people who want peace and are going to march for peace in the Peru. So let us embrace together those of us who want to march peacefully”.
However, the organization of the event would be going against what was indicated by the Political Constitution of Peru. According to the constitutionalist Omar Cairo, “article 34 of the constitutional text establishes that members of the National Police cannot participate in demonstrationsand its article 169 prescribes that the National Police is not deliberative”.
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Due to the controversy, the National Police decided to eliminate the posts and the Minister of the Interior, Victor Rojashad to pronounce.
