Peru’s president announced the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Angulo on Sunday, following a political crisis rocking the country, which has already killed more than two dozen civil protests.
The change comes ten days after Pedro Angulo took office as prime minister and is part of a ministerial reshuffle that will take place between today and Tuesday.
Tina Poluarte indicated that she was looking for someone with knowledge of the technical side of the position, but “a little more political” to “address social discontent and build dialogue bridges,” according to the RPP. Station, quoted by Europa News Agency.
The Peruvian president said dialogue should be a priority in the context of the political crisis: “This government must open its doors to dialogue in the ministries with the new leaders and with the Congress”.
Peru is experiencing an institutional and social crisis, and on December 7, Congress removed President Pedro Castillo from office after he announced the dissolution of parliament and the creation of an emergency administration, often interpreted as an attempt to Coup d’état.
The formation of the new executive by former Vice President Tina Bolavarte created protests among the people.
On Saturday, Boluarte ruled out resigning and demanded that Congress reconsider the “electoral expectations referendum” that followed the rejection of the administration’s plan to hold elections in December 2023, following continued protests in the country. At least 23 deaths.
Bolvard, who replaced Castillo for 11 days, announced a reshuffle of the cabinet of ministers to better deal with the crisis after two members of the cabinet resigned.
A section of demonstrators protested Castillo’s resignation and called for early elections and the shutdown of Congress, while others called for Bolvard’s resignation and the release of Castillo, who has been arrested on sedition charges since attempting to dissolve Congress. was in conflict.
On Sunday, the Lima government ordered a five-day mandatory night curfew in Huamanga province in Ayacucho region, after protests last week followed clashes between demonstrators and security forces that left nine people dead.
In this way, Huamanga joins the mandatory night curfew ordered by the government on Thursday for 8 of the 24 departments in the country and 15 provinces.
On Wednesday, the government declared a 30-day state of national emergency in an attempt to contain acts of vandalism and violence during the protests.
During the state of emergency, constitutional rights related to the privacy of the home, freedom of movement within the country, freedom of assembly and freedom of personal security are suspended.
According to official figures, so far, 23 people have died in various parts of the country, while 77 people have been injured and hospitalized, according to the Ministry of Health.
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