Boluarte considers that the protesters calling for a Constituent Assembly are being "deceived"

MADRID, 17 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, pointed out this Tuesday that those people who have been taking to the streets for weeks now demanding a Constituent Assembly are being "deceived" since it is not up to the head of state to move in this direction.

"It does not correspond to Dina Boluarte, it does not correspond to the Executive (...) They are deceiving (the demonstrators) by saying that it is Dina Boluarte who has to resolve the issue of the Constituent Assembly. That is not true," remarked the president in statements to the media.

Likewise, Boluarte has lamented that the demands of an Assembly are "a pretext to continue blocking roads and continue breaking the institutionality of the country", since the achievement of these advances does not happen "overnight."

On the other hand, the president has stressed that the other main demand reflected in the demonstrations, an electoral advance, is already being addressed by the Parliament of the Andean nation, according to the Peruvian newspaper 'El Comercio'.

Part of the Peruvian population has taken to the streets in different parts of the country since the removal and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo in early December after the frustrated attempt to assume more powers.

Among the main demands of the protesters is the departure of Boluarte -until then Castillo's 'number two'-, the holding of new elections and the preparation of a new Constitution for Peru.