The Peruvian Congress summons the head of government and other ministers to answer for the death of protesters

MADRID, 12 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Congress of the Republic of Peru has summoned the Prime Minister, Pedro Angulo, and those in charge of Defense and Interior functions, Alberto Otárola and César Cervantes, respectively, in relation to the death of two protesters in Andahuyalas in protests. for the rise of Dina Boluarte to the Andean Presidency.

As highlighted by the Peruvian Parliament in a statement, Angulo, Otárola and Cervantes must go to testify to "report on the riots and acts of violence" that have occurred in recent days in various parts of the country, but especially in Andahuyalas, in the Apurimac region.

The session is scheduled for this Monday at 2:00 p.m. (local time), and both the head of government and the two ministers will be able to participate both in person and online.

So far, the deaths of two demonstrators have been confirmed in clashes with the National Police in the context of protests over the arrival of Boluarte to the Presidency of Peru after the dismissal and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo after trying to force the dissolution of Congress.

The riots have so far resulted in more than thirty people detained in Apurímac, as reported by the regional governor, Baltazar Lantarón Núñez, as reported by the Peruvian radio station RPP.

The Peruvian authorities reported on Sunday the death of at least two people, one of them a minor, in the framework of the aforementioned protests and in which an electoral advance was demanded that Boluarte has already agreed to decree.

This wave of protests occurs after the former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo was removed from office and detained by the Prosecutor's Office in response to his attempt to dissolve Parliament and impose an emergency government.