UPDATE 03:00pm:
Through a statement published on its social networks, the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos -finally- reversed course and suspended its internal elections due to the protest of its students.
“The Plenary Session of the University Electoral Committee (CEU) informs (that) in the face of the acts of violence that are occurring, it is necessary to suspend the date of today’s election day until further notice,” he reported. the Dean of America.
Previous note:
Hours of tension are experienced in the Dean of America. The Electoral Committee of the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), announced that the elections for university authorities will be held this Friday as established, despite the fact that students took over the campus in protest of alleged irregularities in the electoral process.
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Take from the university
Dozens of university students took over the University City in protest, in the face of alleged irregularities in the election process to elect the successor of Rector Jeri Ramón. The protesters question the transparency of the process due to the exclusion of candidates opposed to Ramón.
On Thursday night, students reported that a group of people entered the university campus and attacked the students who were demonstrating. Injured students were reported.
After the acts of violence, the authorities of the study house issued a statement in which they condemned the violence.
Likewise, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) announced on September 26 that it was suspending technical assistance to the San Marcos electoral process until the right to defense is guaranteed to the excluded candidates and the process is transparent.
University Council speaks out
Through a statement, the UNMSM University Council rejected the violence that occurred yesterday. In that sense, it demands an “exhaustive investigation” of the events that occurred.
Likewise, it rejects “the proposal for the re-election of rectors and vice-chancellors of public universities that has been promoted in the Congress of the Republic.”
