The Ombudsman of Peru points out that the Government and Congress have "the political power to pacify" the country

MADRID, 30 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ombudsman of Peru has indicated this Sunday that the Government and the Congress of the country have "the political power to pacify and change" the situation of the Andean nation, which has been involved in anti-government protests since the beginning of December.

"The most morally repulsive way to act is to let people die when you have in your hands the political power to pacify and change the tragic course of these days. The Legislative Power and the Executive Power can do it," reads a statement from the agency. .

"Every day that passes, someone's life is in danger, and democracy --that great republican yearning-- is falling apart before our eyes," denounced the Ombudsman's Office, which has reported that 58 deaths have been recorded since the start of the protests.

Thus, the entity has recalled the responsibility of the country's institutions, criticizing that "the death of people in protests is not a 'social cost', nor 'collateral damage'".

"Peruvians and Peruvians periodically ratify, through the popular vote, our faith in democracy. And we hope that this democracy considers the life of each one of us a priority: students, police officers, doctors, soldiers, indigenous peoples, businessmen, journalists and public officials," the letter continues.

In this sense, the Ombudsman wanted to recall that one of its functions is "to recover the ethical sense of public function and citizen conduct, at the center of which is and will always be human life."