The former presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza rejected the intervention carried out by the National Police of Peru this Saturday in the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM). The representative of the Nuevo Perú party indicated that the operation promoted by the Government of Dina Boluarte against students from regions of the interior of the country is “unacceptable and risky”, as well as an “act typical of a dictatorship”.
“Unacceptable and risky act typical of a dictatorship: a large number of policemen enter the San Marcos University with tanks, where students from various regions who came to demonstrate peacefully were welcomed in a humanitarian manner,” Verónika Mendoza wrote on her Twitter account.
A similar position had former president of the Council of Ministers Mirtha Vásquez, who related the intervention of the PNP with “scenes” that go back to the 90s.
“Under what criminal assumption is a university violated with tanks and students are detained in this way? Is providing humanitarian aid a crime for this government? These scenes take us back to the 90s; democracy in serious doubt. Attention, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and United Nations Organization (UN) ”, Mirtha Vásquez wrote on her Twitter account.
Indira Huilca condemns police intervention
The former congressman and sociologist Indira Huilca did not tolerate the use of armored vehicles and tear gas bombs to gain access to the Saint Mark and evict demonstrators who came from the interior of the country to protest against the Government of Dina Boluarte.
“With tanks and tear gas they entered the University of San Marcos, when most of the delegations had left the campus. They go against students and community members who were protecting donations. Reprehensible actions of Dina Boluarte and the rector Jeri. Enough of the repression!” Huilca said in a tweet.