Hundreds of people came to the Historic Sanctuary of Chacamarca in the province of Junín, a region of the same name, for the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the heroic feat that won Peru’s Independence. The program began without the presence of President Dina Boluarte, in her place the Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen gave the opening speech. In the official box were the Minister of Culture Leslie Urteaga, the Minister of Defense, Walter Enrique Astudillo Chávez; the President of Congress Eduardo Salhuana; the regional governor of Junín, Zósimo Cárdenas; the regional governor of Ayacucho, Wilfredo Oscorima Núñez; the regional governor of Huancavelica, Leoncio Huayllani Taype; the mayor of the province of Junín, Elio Zevallos, in addition to the heads of institutions such as the Ombudsman’s Office, the Comptroller General of the Republic, JNE, Onpe, Reniec.
Just minutes ago, the Office of the President of the Republic of Peru issued a statement through its social networks confirming that the president of the country will not lead the ceremony “for reasons of force majeure.”
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Mass mobilization
Hundreds of people have arrived in the province that is most emblematic of the region in terms of the historic event and the hotel capacity has collapsed. The municipality carried out a plan of lodging houses to accommodate the visitors, said the councilor of Junín, Vicente Quispe.
Last night, dozens of units moved from Huancayo and the central jungle taking hundreds of people to Junín.
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Bad weather. Strong winds and hail that fell on the plains of Chacamarca early Monday morning caused the official platform where the main authorities were to be located today at the commemoration activities to collapse. In addition, the weather also affected the sound equipment that was already installed. The incident was overcome by today.