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With about sixty dead due to clashes and roadblocks, the representatives of the entity Amnesty International held a meeting with the President of the Republic, To Boluarteto try to stem the wave of violence that is unleashed in the country.
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The former President of the Republic stressed that it is about the immediate exit given the possibility that the Congress does not approve any advance for this year. He also spoke about his ban on holding public office and his handling of the pandemic.
The meeting took place inside government palacethis Wednesday, February 15, and a brief series of questions were posed to the entity representative at the end of the activity.
He assured that “there are thousands of people in this country who take to the streets peacefully, demanding the fundamental exercise of rights and who, in response, have suffered state repression”.
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The social psychologist believes, in dialogue with GlobeLiveMedia, that a departure of the Head of State would help to unblock the lack of consensus in Congress to define the date of the new elections. He mentioned that if everything is postponed until April 2024, the left could win more support for the constituent on the streets.
“Amnesty has collected information from the authorities themselves for this investigation, we know that there are incidents of violence within the protests themselves, individual acts of violence that do not in themselves make the protests violent” , did he declare.
Additionally, it was mentioned that Boluarte Zegarra listened carefully to the cases, and their respective evidence, that have occurred over the past two months. To this, they added that the institution has also approached the families of the victims to collect elements that will be the subject of an investigation.
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“We have heard testimonies in the communities themselves, especially in ayacuchoIn Andahuaylas. Whose Lima We were able to meet people, victims of human rights violations, from the region of A lot of“, he pointed.
Representatives of state entities, such as the National Police of Peru (PNP), there Mediatorand the multiple prosecutors in different regions, were also heard, according to Amnesty.
At another time, the representative of Amnesty International He claimed that it was expressly requested that “acts of violence” cease in the streets at the hands of the police.
“The main call we made to President Boluarte and her government is to end repression, the repressive and murderous use of force,” he said.
To this he added that Boluarte Zegarra He denied his involvement in any type of decision, order or similar in the disproportionate use of force against protesters.
“She clarified to me, on several occasions, that there had never been an order from her to use lethal weapons to control the demonstrations.. However, based on the evidence we presented to her, even though she didn’t give the order, he does exist. So what we ask of you is that you order this to stop,” he commented.