Peru’s government has announced “compensations” for the relatives of the 27 killed in the protests

This was announced by the government of Peru “compensation or solidarity support“for the relatives of those who died in anti-government protests in which 27 people died in various parts of the country.

This was announced this Saturday by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru, José Tello: “We will comply with the order of our President of the Republic and our Prime Minister, to form a multisectoral commission see the issue of compensation or the support we will give to relatives of people who have lost their lives”.

Since last Sunday, December 11, protests against the president, Dina Boluarte, have intensified, also demanding the release of former president Pedro Castillo, the closure of the Congress and the convening of a constituent assembly.

27 people diedincluding five minors, in demonstrations and riots that took place mainly in the south of the country, such as in the departments of Ayacucho, Apurímac, Cuzco and Arequipa.

The minister announced this Saturday that the issue of compensation to the families of the deceased will be discussed next Tuesday and that this commission will include representatives of the ministries of Education, Agriculture, Health, Development and Social Inclusion and the Prime Minister of ministers. .

In addition, civil society will be present through the National Coordinator for Human Rights (Cnddhh) and two representatives of the families of the victims.

“It will be broad and it is driven by my portfolio, that of justice and that we will try to give solidarity support, which can somehow mitigate the loss, because a human life is priceless,” Tello told the RPP radio station.

The minister expressed his condolences, expressed his solidarity with the deceased and stated in the ‘Enfoques de Sábados’ program that these dates “should help us think of dialogue, unity and love”. In this sense he said that this Christmas “Peruvians are saddened by the death of their compatriots”.

“It’s a state response to a situation, but it’s a palliative, because what shouldn’t happen is that these deaths are in vain, this type of situation can’t happen again and, above all, We must not allow illegal Peru to intervenebecause what could have been a healthy and democratic protest ends in violence and even more, as we have seen, in violence financed by the dark side”.

The Executive decreed it national state of emergency for 30 days in the country when protests multiplied across the country, increasing the presence of law enforcement officers in the streets and, according to various human rights organizations, there was excessive force and repression by them.

The marches began after former President Castillo attempted to implement a coup on December 7 that ultimately failed, leading to his dismissal by Congress and subsequent arrest.

Then, until today, Vice President Boluarte assumed the office of head of state, which brought thousands of Peruvians to the streets.

A landscape of uncertainty

In the midst of a momentary decline in the intensity of popular protest, a Peru mourning the deaths of 27 people is preparing to close a year full of difficulties and give way to another equally uncertain.

“In democratic terms we will not see a better situationbut without a doubt (President Dina Boluarte) can be supported for a while longer,” predicted left-wing former MP Indira Huilca, on the alternative channel La Mula TV.

But it will do so, added Huilca, “with the same strategy: with repression and persecution“.

In the Peru of uncertainty, the next appointment at the polls is scheduled for April 2024. In other words, 2023 will be a pre-election year, despite the fact that an executive and a legislature emerged from the 2021 elections, which under normal conditions should function until 2026.

If the schedule is met – they have yet to be confirmed in a second parliamentary vote – Peru would have a new president and a new Congress in July 2024, a year and a half which in current circumstances feels like a century.

With information from EFE