The Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed its full support for Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, whose government is facing the worst wave of protests in the Andean country in two decades.
The OAS announcement, at a meeting of its permanent council in the presence of Boluarte, comes after protests in Peru have claimed at least 62 deaths and millions of victims following the constitutional and December arrest of former left-wing president Pedro Castillo.
Castillo, a leftist leader who tried to illegally dissolve Congress, is now being held for “rebellion.”
Boluarte requests OAS support for Peru election campaign
President Dina Boluarte convened the “friendly countries”. support the proposal to bring forward the elections and find a “peaceful” solution to the crisis in Peru.
“Help Peru determine its fate through free elections,” Boluarte demanded during a virtual intervention before the Permanent Council of the OAS, based in Washington, which convened the minutes of the meeting to clarify its view of the country’s situation. to belong.
Boluarte said he had listened “with great attention” to contributions from his colleagues at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit in Buenos Aires and thanked them by expressing their concern and solidarity with Peru.
However, the president wanted to put a question to her counterparts in other countries:
What solution do you propose for the crisis in Peru? The way out of violence or peace and democracy?
Speaking to the OAS, Boluarte recalled that he had asked the Peruvian Congress to approve early elections “as soon as possible”.
“I sincerely hope that friendly countries in the region will support the only way out of the crisis,” he said, pointing out that this way out is “at the same time peaceful, constitutional and in keeping with the tradition of the OAS and the region. .”
Exactly this Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Peru, Alberto Otárola, indicated that the government is “satisfied” with the deadline set by Congress for the second vote on the bill proposing the advance of the general election to April 2024, after a meeting with the Board of Governors of Parliament.
We will not surrender to authoritarian groups: Boluarte
Boluarte guaranteed that he would not surrender to “authoritarian groups”. that they cannot force exits “outside the constitutional order”.
Boluarte stressed that his government defended the right to peaceful protest, but that the state must “guarantee security and order”.
He said that if security forces violate human rights, those responsible will be brought to justice. (Reuters and EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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