Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital of Peru, Lima, to demand the resignation of the president, Dina Boluarte, all this after they have arrived in the city in recent days dozens of caravans of protesters from regions across the country.
A month and a half after the start of the social outbreak in which Peru is immersed and with a balance of deaths that since December 7 exceeds the number of 50 deadthe national strike celebrates a day of protests marked by the strong police deployment of the Peruvian authorities, with more than 11,000 security agents in the streets of the capital.
The country’s authorities have asked the demonstrators to calm down and They have called for them to express their claims peacefully. In fact, the president herself appealed last Monday to Peruvian citizens to carry out the ‘Take of Lima’ “in peace.”
During the day of this Thursday there have been clashes between demonstrators and the security forces in various parts of the city, as well as burning street furniturethe closure of part of public transport, and the launching of tear gas by the Police in an effort to calm down the riots.
The Ministry of Defence, for its part, has issued a warning about possible seizures of public institutions and private, such as the Lima Drinking Water and Sewerage Service or television antennas.
Likewise, at least ten teams from the Lima Fire Department have gone to extinguish the fire in an office building in Plaza San Martín, in the center of Lima, near the Palace of Justice, as reported by the RPP radio station.
The building, to which the Minister of the Interior, Vicente Romero, has gone to supervise the tasks of extinction of the fire, It has suffered the detachment of its façade due to the fire. The head of the Interior has assured that it is still unknown how the fire would have started, ruling out that a tear gas bomb thrown by the Police was the cause of the fire.
The Peruvian National Police (PNP) has denounced attacks against the forces of order as well as the destruction of public and private assetsreason for which he would have proceeded to the “legal use of force, guaranteeing respect for Human Rights.”
Furthermore, he has done an appeal for “calm and peace”asking the demonstrators that the right to protest not be stained with acts of violence, as expressed by the police body in a statement released on the social network Twitter.
So far, according to the latest report, 22 police officers and 16 civilians would have been injured by clashes in the marches in Lima as well as in other places in the country during the day on Thursday, according to what ‘La República’ has reported.
The Prime Minister of Peru, Alberto Otárola, highlighted this Thursday the professionalism and prudence of the Peruvian National Police (PNP). during the protests in Lima.
“Despite the serious attacks that our Police have suffered and continue to suffer, has not fallen for provocation and has responded to these attacks firmly, professionalism and prudence and will continue to do it all these days that come and that we have these marches”, the Peruvian ‘premier’ recounted in a televised message.
In this sense, Otárola has assured that the Government remains in charge of the rights of Peruvians after the demonstrations. “The Government is in command of the situation and is caring for the fundamental rights of citizens,” she pointed out.
Source: Lasexta
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