The Prosecutor's Office of Peru reminds Dina Boluarte that she does not have the competence to investigate crimes

MADRID, 21 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Attorney General of Peru has reminded the president of the country, Dina Boluarte, that it is an independent judicial body and that it is the one that has the competence to investigate crimes, all this after the president affirmed that the violence registered during the protests in the country "will not go unpunished.

"The powers of the State, constitutional bodies and public and private institutions are reminded that the Public Ministry is an autonomous institutional body," read a statement released by the Prosecutor's Office, led by Attorney General Patricia Benavides.

In the letter, the Public Ministry has reiterated that "the crime investigation function is a constitutional competence" of the Prosecutor's Office, which "is fulfilled with autonomy, independence and without any type of political, economic or media interference."

In this sense, the judicial body has defended its commitment to objective action in defense of legality and the Human Rights of all Peruvians.

The statement comes a day after Boluarte charged in a televised speech against the violent protesters in 'La Toma de Lima', assuring that "the full weight of the law" will fall on them.

Specifically, the president warned that the Government "will act within the framework of the Constitution" against those who have caused acts of violence, assuring that the events that occurred in some parts of Lima are not a peaceful march.

"You want to break the rule of law, you want to create chaos and disorder. And within that chaos and disorder, take power of the nation," said Boluarte.