Alberto Otárola is shielded by Congress and will not answer for deaths

In the last plenary session on Thursday, congressmen waited until late at night to vote and shield to the head of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otárolawho, for the moment, will not answer politically for the murders committed by personnel of the Army and the Policewithin the framework of the state of emergency decreed by the regime on duty.

The vote was just at 10:42 at night. There were 59 votes against and seven abstentions. Thus, the processing of the first interpellation motion filed against Otárola was blocked..

The benches that unanimously decided to protect the head of the ministerial cabinet were Popular Force, Popular Action, Alliance for Progress (APP), Popular Renewal, Country Advances and we are peru.

Within these groups there are congressmen from the southern regions where there were deaths from the repressionbut they chose to vote against the interpellation process.

This is the case of Arequipa, where there were three deaths in Chala and Cerro Colorado. However, the legislators voted against the interpellation Pedro Martinez (AP), Diana Gonzales (AvP) and Ezra Medina (We are Peru).