Alberto Otárola considers the crisis in Peru over, but Dina Boluarte refutes it: “We are halfway through”

Dina Boluarte talks about the crisis that Peru is going through. tv peru

President Dina Boluarte and Prime Minister Alberto Otárola differed this Thursday in their statements about the crisis in the country after the failed self-coup by Pedro Castillo, an action that led to mobilizations and confrontations with the forces of order demanding Boluarte’s resignation. the closing of the Congress, the advancement of the general elections and the convocation of a constituent assembly.

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In dialogue with Radio France International (RFI), the head of the Cabinet concluded the social outbreak, which left at least 49 civilians dead as a result of direct clashes with police. “The crisis has already ended in the country. [Perú] entered into a peace process [tras] an unfortunate event in recent history. Right now, there is not a single march or blocked roads,” he said.

Otárola ratified that the demonstrations were promoted by “a very small and very violent group” financed by drug trafficking and illegal mining, despite the fact that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned in a report the violence used by the security forces , and assured that it has found cases of “extrajudicial executions.”

He also mentioned that the political person responsible for the deaths is Castillo, who has been imprisoned for half a year in the Barbadillo prison on charges of rebellion and corruption. “Stability has returned to the country and we are prepared to be able to govern in the following months, ensuring the protection of the rights, integrity, life and property of Peruvians,” he assured.

His speech was dissimilar to the one issued by Boluarte during the inauguration of the IV Congress of Amazon Entrepreneurs held in Loreto. The president was consulted about the latest Datum survey, which confirmed her rejection in the south with 84%, while in Lima she barely achieved 23% approval.

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“We received the country in the midst of a political crisis that had never been seen before. […] I am not entering the beginning of the government after an election. I am entering as president after the coup d’état. Obviously the polls are going to give those results. We are in the middle of the crisis, ”she replied.

Boluarte considered that the pollster should evaluate its management since the end of December, right at the highest point of the maelstrom. “The vast majority who came out to protest came out in those just forgotten demands. But there was a group that used them to be able to generate the case, violence and chaos, because their interest was political, ”she continued.

The day before, the president responded for about three hours at the main headquarters of the National Prosecutor’s Office and, according to her lawyer, Joseph Campos, now she hopes to be excluded from the investigations that she considered make “no sense”, but a “deteriorating effect” while it remains in force.

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The tax investigation also includes Otárola, Angulo and Cervantes, as well as against former Interior Minister Víctor Rojas and current Defense Minister Jorge Chávez.

Previously, the Permanent Commission of Congress filed a constitutional complaint against Boluarte arguing that it is already being investigated by Congress and the Public Ministry, for which the responsibility of any official has not yet been defined.

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