mayor of lima, Rafael Lopez Aliagarejection Country Advance proposal and affirms that the Prosecutor’s Office must determine if the forces of order abused their power when intervening in the protests.
The mayor of Lima, Rafael Lopez Aliagawas against a eventual amnesty in favor of members of the Peruvian National Police and Armed Forces that they would have committed crimes by repressing anti-government demonstrations in regions. This approach was proposed to the Chairwoman Dina Boluarte this Thursday by representatives of Avanza País, congressman Alejandro Cavero and the leader Aldo Borrero.
“It is an opinion, I respect every opinion more if it is from Avanza País, but I think that the Prosecutor’s Office must determine first. The truth, if there have been excesses is a matter of the Prosecutor’s Office completely. Amnesty is almost acknowledging that there has been a crime,” López Aliaga said after holding a meeting with Boluarte at the Government Palace.
The burgomaster of the capital said that he will wait for the results of the Public Ministry, since “more information” has been made about the deaths registered on December 15 in Ayacucho. Six of the ten deaths in that region, according to a report by IDL Reporterswere due to shots fired by soldiers.
“First I would like the pronouncement of the Prosecutor’s Office to know exactly what has happened because many deaths, now we have more information, for example, In the case of the airport (of Ayacucho) the deaths have not been close to the airport, they have been in the center of the city. The Prosecutor’s Office is there for that, to tell us where the deaths occurred and under what circumstances,” accurate.
The Avanza País proposal
After meeting with the president Dina Boluartethe representative of Avanza País Aldo Borrero reported that he raised with the head of state the possibility of condoning police and military investigated for alleged abuses.
“One of our great concerns for us is the Peruvian National Police and our military, and, above all, the facts and acts that have happened. We believe that we must have defense mechanisms for all of them. We have even proposed to the president an amnesty for all the police and military in this range of time that there have been demonstrations. We cannot abandon them, taking into account that, when Peru needed it most, they came forward and defended our democracy,” Borrero told the press.
