the constitutionalist Omar Cairo pronounced on the intervention made by the National Police of Peru on the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM). The specialist stressed that “if Dina Boluarte“did not give the order to carry out the police action, he must dismiss the head of the ministerial cabinet, Alberto Otárola, and the Minister of the Interior, Vicente Romero. Otherwise, if the head of state issued the measure, she “must resign” for the violation of the rights of the students who came from the interior of the country to the superior house of studies.
“If Dina Boluarte did not give the order, she must dismiss the Prime Minister (Alberto Otárola) and the Minister of the Interior (Vicente Romero). If she gave the order, she only has to resign (…) The entry of the Police into the female sector of the student residence at the National University of San Marcos has exceeded all the limits of what is permitted in a constitutional democracy,” Omar Cairo explained to this outlet.
The constitutionalist warned that the Government would not have committed a crime by carrying out an ex officio intervention without the presence of prosecutors if it argued with evidence that the raid was framed in a state of emergency due to the political crisis.
“There is no crime because in the state of emergency properties can be raided without the need for a court order. However, the search must correspond to the purpose of declaring a state of emergency and be justified in the specific situation that is being faced,” he explained to La República.
Intervention at UNMSM
The National Police of Peru intervened this Saturday, January 21, the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) using a tank, the same one that entered through access three, collapsing the gate and part of the wall. Inside, the PNP agents launched tear gas bombs in order to arrest the students who came from the interior of the country to protest against the government of Dina Boluarte.
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The former presidential candidate Verónika 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 Univ. San Marcos with tanks, where students from various regions who came to demonstrate peacefully were welcomed in a humanitarian manner,” wrote Verónika Mendoza on her Twitter account. .
Verónika Mendoza spoke through 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.
Mirtha Vásquez spoke on her Twitter account
Police stigmatize anti-terrorism slogan to justify entering San Marcos with tanks
The intervention in the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM)made by the National Police of Peru (PNP)without the presence of crime prevention prosecutors, was an anti-terrorism slogan to justify their admission to the superior house of studies and arrest the students who arrived from the interior of the country in rejection of the Government of Dina Boluarte. This is evidenced in the record no. 224-2023 of the Public ministrywhich establishes the preliminary proceedings regarding the investigation for the alleged violation of rights.
According to the information obtained by La República, the PNP justifies its entry by stating that when it was established in situ at the UNMSM, which is located on Carlos Germán Amezaga avenue (Cercado de Lima), it was found that access gates 1 and 3 They were secured and locked with chains and padlocks.
In this regard, it also refers to the fact that said accesses were completely covered with banners and fabrics with various descriptions alluding to encouraging acts of violence such as: “The blood spilled will not be forgotten”, “You will not kill with hunger or with bullets” Y “Killer Dynasty”.
The PNP carried out an intervention at UNMSM and managed to capture more than 100 students. Photo: composition Gerson Cardoso/ LR
