The president of the Peruvian Congress this Saturday (10) asked newly sworn president Dina Boluarte to appoint her cabinet to put an immediate end to the protests calling for new elections following the impeachment and arrest of former president Pedro Castillo, who has been accused of a crime. try to blow.
“The president, like his cabinet, must take quick decisions and make urgent decisions to get out of certain impasses and build confidence and calm,” said José Williams, the highest official in Peru’s Legislative Power.
In his statements to the CHP radio, he said, “I ask the people to be calm and calm. I want them to look at the events positively.”
Boluarte, who was vice president until he was sworn in on Wednesday after Congress overthrew Castillo, announced the previous day that he would form the new government on Saturday.
“I will thank the brothers and sisters of Peru [pedindo] that we calmly wait, I guess day and tomorrow [sábado]He will take the oath by noon at the latest,” he said, adding that the new cabinet was located near his residence on Friday.
Therefore, Boluarte called for early elections to find a peaceful solution to the political crisis and urged calming the public amid protests demanding a new Congress.
Students, workers and leftist political parties have called for a demonstration in Lima this afternoon at 16:00 (18:00 Brazilian time) at the end of the World Cup quarter-finals in Qatar.
The barricades continued for the third day in parts of Peru’s southern Andes, where Castillo, a former rural school teacher, had the most support.
In the regions of Ica and Archipa, several sections of the Panamericana, the main highway that traverses the country from north to south, were still closed and dozens of buses and cargo trucks were stopped.
On the second day of Friday, hundreds of people took to the streets and clashed with the police while trying to reach the Congress Center. The mobilization, which the police dispersed with tear gas grenades, ended with some arrests.
On Wednesday, Castillo tried to dissolve Congress and rule by decree, but the legislature and the military disobeyed his orders.
After failing to establish the state of exception, Castillo was detained by his own escort on his way to the Mexican embassy in Lima to seek political asylum.
On Thursday, he was detained for seven days. The Public Ministry accuses him of rioting and could face 10 to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
source: Noticias
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