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“Given this unsustainable fact, I am convening a Board of Spokespersons first thing in the morning because we have to evaluate not only the resignation of Mr. Merino, but rather the constitutional way to resolve this political crisis immediately “.
With these words given through a telephone interview, Luis Valdez, the current president of the Peruvian Congress referred to the violent day of protests throughout the country that have left at least three dead. Valdez’s statements were given last night to Canal N.
This morning, the Congress, through its Twitter account, wrote: “By order of the President of Congress, Luis Valdez Farías, the Board of Spokespersons will be summoned for tomorrow, Sunday at 8:00 am, in the Congress Chamber. Face-to-face session ”.
It has been one of the most politically turbulent weeks in Peru since he was removed from the Presidency Martin Vizcarra and was replaced by Manuel Merino, who in turn, was the previous president of the Peruvian Congress until Monday.
Only in Lima there were about 5,000 protesters, in a day in which the police used tear gas and shots to disperse the protesters.
In Lima, the protesters packed Plaza San Martín, located in the center of the city to protest for the sixth consecutive day, in events that were replicated in other cities of the country. Apparently this Saturday things would have gotten out of control after a group of hooded men tried to head towards the avenue that leads to Congress, which caused police action and the resurgence of clashes.
An ambulance of paramedics arrived close to the confrontation zone to attend to people affected by gases and some injured, according to local press reports.
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The ongoing protests, which have been criticized by Merino, who has accused possible anarchic groups behind the mismanagement, has left injured, and a country in institutional crisis, all in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
It could be the end of Merino’s presidency, as various authorities have begun to ask for his resignation, such as Jorge Muñoz, the mayor of Lima. But so far who could take over to replace Merino is a mystery that could begin to be known with the running of this Sunday.
So far, and according to what has transpired from the Peruvian media, Gastón Rodríguez, Interior, Delia Muñoz, Justice, Fernando D’Alessio, Education, Patricia Teullet, Minister of Women, Abel Salinas in Health, Federico Tong have resigned , in Social Development, Fernando Hurtado, in Agriculture, María Seminario, in Tourism, María del Carmen de Reparaz, in Culture.
After two in the morning today, former president Martín Vizcarra he ruled on the two deaths and the protests. I deeply regret the deaths that have occurred as a result of the repression of this illegal and illegitimate government. My condolences to the relatives of these civil heroes who, exercising their right, came out in defense of democracy and in search of a better country (…) The country will not allow the death of these courageous young people to go unpunished, “he wrote in your Twitter account.
This weekend the Peruvian justice decided to prohibit Vizcarra from leaving the country.
The events that occur in Peru have been observed by Human Rights entities. José Miguel Vivanco, Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch He said today that “we continue to document cases of police brutality in downtown Lima. Everything indicates that the repression against peaceful protesters is intensifying. The police must suspend the use of pellets ”.
