One more time, President Pedro Castillo incited the attack on the press from the Government Palace and this motivated his followers to attack the reporters who were covering the event.
“I hope that the media do not bias and turn their cameras to tell the country that we are opening the space to the graduates of the Armed Forces (FF.AA.) who left their youth, their strength, to defend the homeland and fight for true democracy,” said the president at the event to which he invited the reservists of the Armed Forces, a large number of whom are followers of Antauro Humala.
Outside the Palace there were people who, despite the corruption scandals, continue to show their support for the head of state. These same people, who insult the press at every official event, were the ones who physically assaulted a Latina Television journalist who was simply doing his job.
Roberto Ramírez, a reporter for the Sunday newspaper Punto Final, was hit in the face by a hitherto unknown man who was wearing yellow clothing and a hat. Ramírez denounced what happened via Twitter and captured with the camera of his team the face of the person who remained calm after the attack. Peru21TV He contacted the journalist and told how the events happened.
“The president inside the Palace harangued and outside the laptop reacted to what he said. What happened was after the reservists left, I was in the main square trying to interview them, the majority with whom I have spoken mentioned Antauro, that they were going to take over Congress and that it was time for the congressmen to leave.” , he recounted.
In addition, he explained that these people would be part of the so-called alternative press, who recorded and at the same time harangued and insulted.
“Suddenly the laptop began to launch the usual insults, we are practically normalizing them, until then it is almost normal, but suddenly while a lady was saying things to me, a guy came from behind and hit me, I humanly wanted to react and everyone They came at me, the guy left and as if nothing had happened. What causes me a lot of discomfort is that they go from insults to physical aggression, it is an escalation that I do not know how it will end, ”she asserted.