January 26, 2023, 22:21 PM
January 26, 2023, 22:21 PM
The Peruvian government announced Thursday that the Police and Armed Forces will unlock in the next few hours roads of the country taken by protesters demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.
“The Peruvian National Police, with the support of the Armed Forces, will unblock the roads of the National Road Network that are declared in a state of emergency,” said a joint statement from the Defense and Interior ministries.
On Thursday the authorities counted 88 pickets that obstructed the passage in roads of eight of the 25 Peruvian regions.
those locks create shortages of basic products and liquefied petroleum gas, the main fuel for vehicles and domestic use, but also complicate medical services and the transport of medicines in several areas of the country.
“To date, ten innocent Peruvians have lost their lives as a result of this illegal act, including an unborn child whose mother was unable to receive timely medical attention in La Libertad, a newborn in Puno, and a 1-year-old boy in Cusco that could not be served either due to the roadblocks,” the statement said.
The ministries indicated that the right to protest “does not authorize the obstruction of roadsfar from it can be superimposed on the right to life of those people who need to be transferred to receive delicate treatments such as cancer or who need oxygen and medicine to reach their regions to continue living “.
As can be seen in the long lines in front of the service stations and complaints from residents of the Andean areas and the Peruvian jungle, the roadblocks that began to multiply on January 4 have also caused shortages and increase in the prices of staple foods and fuel, thus affecting the poorest populations in the country.
Peru is the scene of massive demonstrations calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, appointed after the removal and arrest of former leftist president Pedro Castillo on December 7 for trying to dissolve Parliament.
