Boluarte regrets the "violence" in the protests and calls for dialogue to resolve the crisis in Peru

He affirms that violence "hurts in the heart" and asks "to start working to solve the problems"

MADRID, 24 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, lamented this Saturday the "violence" recorded in the protests unleashed after the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo after he tried to dissolve Congress to prevent the vote on a new motion of no confidence and has called dialogue to resolve the crisis.

"It is not easy for me to say Merry Christmas, because I know that there are many needs in the homes, there is a lot of inequality," Boluarte said in a speech to the nation, before insisting that he seeks to "work in peace, calmly" to deal with the political and social situation in the South American country, as reported by the Peruvian state news agency, Andina.

Thus, he has pointed out that he would have liked to start his government "without that violence, without those human losses that hurt me" and has reiterated his condolences to the relatives of the 30 who died due to the repression of the protests. "How much I would have wanted this situation of violence that hurts the heart not to happen," he stressed.

Boluarte has called on the population to demonstrate peacefully and has warned against "groups that seek to use them to generate violence in the country." In this sense, he has wondered "what resolves wanting to take over airports and burn institutions such as the Judiciary and the Public Ministry in the face of health, education, water, and agricultural needs."

"It does not solve anything," stressed the president, who has appealed to "start working to solve the problems that have not been resolved." "Let's bring tranquility to the country. If there is peace and calm, more people will come to serve the country and with that investment we can capitalize on the economy and with that economy solve the problem of education," she argued.

"Why take roads? At some point I went out to protest for demands that were fair, but we never blocked roads and we did not set fire to institutions," he stressed, while asking those who resort to violence "to show their faces and Say what you want."

In this way, the Peruvian president has emphasized that the country "has had a hard time getting out of more than 20 years of horror and violence." "Why generate that chaos and violence again? Let's seek peace, the consolidation of our homeland," she said, before noting that among the problems that most concern her are education, health, housing and infrastructure. .

Peru has been the scene of protests for more than two weeks after the dismissal and subsequent arrest of Castillo, accused of trying to stage a "coup" by dissolving Parliament and decreeing an emergency government. The situation has led to protests whose main demands involve the removal of Boluarte from the Presidency and the calling of new elections.