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The Peruvian Congress, tense and confrontational, refuses to advance elections until 2023


The congressional plenary on Friday rejected a bill to bring the election forward in December 2023. The initiative proposed ending Dina Boulwart and Congress’s term in April 2024. The bill I only got 49 votes It is for this reason that they did not reach the 66 votes necessary to be subsequently ratified by the Peruvians in a referendum.

The 33 lawmakers voted against it From this new proposal belonged to the conservative parties, Avanza País and Renovación Popular; From the Center for Grassroots Action and the Alliance for Progress; From the left, Peru Liber, Peru Democracy, Cambio Democraco and the Judicial Council. The motion proposed that President Dinah Boulwart’s administration and Congress end in April 2024. When the authorization cut was not approved, a scuffle began in Congress that caused the plenary to be canceled until an unspecified date.

“The people will judge them by their vote. Forgive us Peru,” congresswoman Susil Paredes said at the end of the session, “in the face of the crisis, deaths, violent agendas, and now the refusal to hold early elections.”

“In Ayacucho you can see in the videos that civilians with banners in their hands were shot by members of the military. This is an extrajudicial execution. It’s murder. “We in Ayacucho are documenting everything that happened to be able to file a criminal complaint against the government,” said AHRI’s lawyer, Gloria Cano.

“We realize that part of the crisis is the responsibility of Congress,” Congressman Alianza Por El Progreso Eduardo Salhuana said Friday. While for the left-wing congresswoman, ruth lock, “It seems that Dina Polwart agreed to remain in the presidency with the political sectors.”

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18 months of remand

While tension continues to build in the streets, Pedro Castillo will remain imprisoned in the same prison he shares with former President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori (1990-2000). For the judge who issued a temporary prison sentence of 18 months to the former president on Thursday, there are elements proving the accusation of the president of the republic. Offenses of rebellion and conspiracy against Castillo and his former prime minister, Hannibal Torres.

Among the elements in support of the resolution against Castillo was the speech he made from the Palace of Government where he dissolved Congress and sought unsuccessfully to seize all the powers of the state, along with the armed forces and the police. His intention to seek asylum at the Mexican Embassy in Lima also played against him (he was arrested before his investigation), as confirmed by President López Obrador himself.

Former President Castillo and his lawyers did not participate in the hearing, arguing that their rights would not be respected. “There are no guarantees of a fair defense in favor of President Pedro Castillo. Today, outside the channels of legality, it is meant to impose 18 months of unjust imprisonment. “The defense will not support a justice system with its back on the constitution,” Castillo’s lawyer said. Raul Noblesilla.

voltage surge

The number of victims since the start of the social outbreak has now reached 17 people. For this reason, the Office of the Ombudsman asked the government to ban the use of firearms, and to stop firing tear gas canisters from helicopters at civilians in Ayacucho. They told me that helicopters were flying over the city and dropping tear gas. This situation generates a very painful memory in Huamanga, we suffered from terror there.”

As the casualties mount, President Dina Poulwart posted a message of condolence on her Twitter: “We are crying mothers in Ayacucho and experiencing the pain of families across the country.” He added, “Today, on a sad day of violence, we once again mourn the death of the Peruvians. My deepest condolences to the missing. I repeat my call for peace. Peru is united, and Peru is at peace.”

The first resignations

As a result of the Ayacucho events, the Minister of Education resigned, Patricia CorreaWho explained in a letter the reasons for his departure: “The death of citizens is unjustified. State violence cannot be disproportionate and cause death. No more deaths.”

The Minister of Culture also resigned. Jair Perez, To whom “the unfortunate events which have taken place in the country and which have had the balance of irreparable loss to the brothers and sisters, make my stay in your government untenable”.

Dina Pouluart’s government has ordered curfews in the provinces asking for her resignation, such as La Libertad, Ica, Huancavelica, Arequipa, Apurimac, Cuzco, Ayacucho and Puno.

Visit IACHR

The violent drift in Peru raised the alarm for international human rights organizations. “There are 189 injured nationwide, 147 unjustifiably detained, and in one day nine people died of gunshot wounds… For this reason, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has announced that it will send a mission to Peru,” the Secretary-General of the Human Rights Coordinator said. The human: Jenny JeffIn a press conference, he announced that they would “demand the government of Dina Boulwart not to cause another death.”

That is why the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights announced that it would visit the country from December 19 to 21 to assess the circumstances in which 17 people died in Apurimac, Arequipa and Ayacucho.

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