Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has blamed her predecessor for the crisis that has reached a paroxysm in the country and has called for a national truce in protests calling for his resignation and the dissolution of parliament. More than 50 people have already died in the demonstrations, called by supporters of Pedro Castillo, arrested after being ousted in an attempted coup in early December.
“I call my dear homeland to a national truce to be able to establish dialogue tables, to be able to set the agenda of each region and develop our peoples. I will not get tired of calling for dialogue, peace and unity”, said Dina, in a press conference for the foreign press at the Government Palace in Lima.
She also made a call to the Legislature to speed up the processing of the project, presented by the Executive, which anticipates the general elections in the country from 2026 to next year. As she did in a recent address to the country, the president called part of the protesters radicals, stating that they have “a well-designed political agenda”.
According to her, the acts have already cost Peru more than BRL 6.7 billion, BRL 2.7 billion of which in the form of impacts on economic production —tourism has been one of the most compromised activities— and BRL 4 billion in damages. direct to the country’s infrastructure.
Dina still directed part of the interview to directly criticize her predecessor, citing being in power only because he had tried to carry out a coup d’état. “Here there is no victim, Mr. Castillo. Here is a country that is bleeding as a result of your irresponsibility.”
On December 7, she was one of the first major political actors in Peru to, moments after the speech by the then president that set up the coup attempt, accuse the movement and call it by name.
The president stated that she has no interest in staying in power, but stressed that she will not resign. “Would my resignation solve the crisis and the violence? Who would assume the Presidency?”, She questioned her. “I will leave when we call general elections. I have no intention of staying in power.”
Dina also spoke out about the arrest of 200 people at demonstrations at San Marcos University, in the Peruvian capital. On Saturday (21), the police entered the campus by knocking down the gate with an armored vehicle and used tear gas bombs and a helicopter to evacuate the institution, where hundreds of people from the southern regions of the country who went to Lima were sheltering. join the protests.
The case has increased pressure on the government. “Perhaps the shape [como a polÃcia agiu] has not been adequate, and for that I apologize.”
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