:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/7YY36NTAKVCOJIWGYBABXYIJPI.jpg "The executive extends the state of emergency for 30 days in Lima, Callao and some highways")
Over the past few hours, the Government extended the emergency state for 30 calendar days, starting February 14, declared in the department of Limain the constitutional province of callao and on the Panamericana Sur, Panamericana Norte and Central highways, the Apurímac-Cusco-Arequipa South Highway Corridor and the Interoceánica Sur Highway Corridor.
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Incidents were recorded in the center of Lima, declared an immaterial zone by the Metropolitan Council of Lima. Three regions record a total of 48 points with interrupted traffic
With this arrangement, the National Police of Peru (PNP) is in charge of maintaining control of internal order, with the support of the Armed forces, specify the Supreme Decree 022-2023-PCMpublished in the extraordinary edition of the Legal Norms of the Official Gazette A Peruvian. This step was taken as part of the recent demonstrations in different regions of the country.
According to article 166 of the political constitutionThe fundamental objective of the national police is to guarantee, maintain and restore internal order.
One death was the toll of clashes between protesters and police in Apurímac
Last Thursday there was a national strike in Lima, called by the CGTP, where there were clashes between protesters and the police; and in Puno, 23 wounded. Shortages of food, medicine, water and fuel continue in several southern regions due to road blockages.
During the extension, the provisions of paragraph 1) of Article 137 of the political constitution on the restriction or suspension of the exercise of the constitutional rights related to the inviolability of the home (except on the roads of the aforementioned national road network), the freedom of transit on the national territory, the freedom of assembly and the personal liberty and security, included in the paragraphs 9), 11), 12) and 24) literal f) of article 2 of the Constitution.
The intervention of the PNP and the Armed Forces is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Legislative Decree 1186which regulates the use of force by the national police, and in Legislative Decree 1095which establishes the rules for the employment and use of force by the armed forces in the national territory and its regulations, approved by Supreme Decree 003-2020-DE.
Within five working days of the end of the prolonged state of emergency, the National Police must give to the owner of the Minister of the Interior a detailed report of the actions carried out during the validity of the measure and the results obtained.
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For their part, demonstrators in Lima and various southern regions continue to demand the resignation of Dina Boluarte, the closure of the current Congress and new elections for this year.
The implementation of the actions planned in the supreme decree It is financed from the institutional budget allocated to the specifications concerned, and from the allocations of additional resources authorized by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
He supreme decree bears the signature of the president To Boluarte and it is endorsed by the ministerial chief of staff and the heads of interior, defence, and justice and human rights.
Through the Supreme Decree 009-2023-PCM A state of emergency has been declared for 30 calendar days, starting January 15, 2023, in the departments of Puno, Cusco, Lima, in the constitutional province of Callao, in the province of Andahuaylas (Apurímac), in the provinces of Tambopata and Tahuamanu (Madre de Dios), and in the district of Torata (Moquegua).
A state of emergency is declared in the event of a disturbance of peace or internal order, of a catastrophe or of serious circumstances affecting the life of the Nation. In this event, the exercise of the constitutional rights relating to personal liberty and security, the inviolability of the home and the freedom of assembly and transit within the territory included in the provisions may be restricted or suspended. in paragraphs 9, 11 and 12 of article 2 and in paragraph 24, section f of the same article.