Lima’s Metropolitan Council approved the ban on public gatherings, which endanger public health and safety, and declared 10.3 square kilometers of the capital’s historic center “immaterial”.
“We ban all kinds of demonstrations, whatever they may be. The historic center must be preserved,” says alderman Roxana Rocha in statements to Peru21. “They have destroyed more than 2 million soles of urban furniture and the cultural heritage of mankind,” he charged.
The municipal agreement emphasizes the importance of the historic center, which is included in the list of cultural heritage of the country and recognized by UNESCO as a cultural heritage of humanity for its historical and architectural richness.
The mayor, Rafael López Aliaga, stressed that this agreement is an “important step” towards the transformation of downtown Lima into a global tourist hotspot. He called for close cooperation with the police and the Ministry of Culture.
The Prosecutor’s Office will take appropriate measures in cases where the provisions of the agreement are violated, as well as when there are signs of damage to public property and to infrastructure and urban furniture, to ensure the protection of the interests and rights of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima .
The demonstrations that erupted during the wave of protests against interim president Dina Boluarte led to severe damage in the historic center of Lima, with 5,000 square meters of green space trampled, 20 trees destroyed, 60 garbage cans destroyed, and more than 75 decorative poles toppled were damaged. as well as 800 meters of damaged curbs and berms. Next to the fire in the Marcionelli building, which was completely destroyed.
In the so-called Toma de Lima, protesters used bars to remove the cobblestones from the sidewalks of Avenida Abancay to attack the police. As a result, city officials removed 518 square meters of paving stones so they could not be used as weapons.
Source: La Neta Neta
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