The National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, summoned the president for this Tuesday, March 7 Dina Boluarte in order to answer for the deaths recorded during the violent protests of December and January last.
Peru21 learned that the call is for the president to attend in person and not virtually as required by Boluarte. Peru21 revealed that the president excused herself from testifying before Benavides up to three times.
The last summons was for last Thursday, February 23, but the president insisted that the procedure be via videoconference.
Prosecutor Benavides seeks to clarify whether the government authorities gave orders to the National Police and the Armed Forces to attack the protesters who took to the streets in different areas of the country after the coup perpetrated by Pedro Castillo on December 7, 2022 .
The others involved are the premier Alberto Otárola; the latter’s predecessor, Pedro Angulo; the former Ministers of the Interior, Víctor Rojas and César Cervantes; and the head of Defense, Jorge Chávez Cresta.
