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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will personally go to the prosecutor’s office to testify in a genocide case launched against her following the deaths of 70 people in protest
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will personally go to the prosecutor’s office to testify in a genocide case launched against her following the deaths of 70 people in protest demonstrations to date, her lawyer said this Sunday. local environment.
The subpoena, issued to Boluarte by national prosecutor Patricia Benavidez, is set for Tuesday, March 7, in person, in contrast to the request of the President of the Republic, who offered to do it virtually.
“The decision of the doctor (Boluarte) to participate in the proceedings of the prosecutor’s office was always positive and with all the desire to help in the investigation of the truth and the concrete investigation,” lawyer Kelly Montenegro told the newspaper. , Trade.
The lawyer added that “the question is that if the prosecutor’s office indicates that the procedure will be in person, then it will be held in person.”
Montenegro assured that “there was never any intention to wish to, let’s say, hinder or impede the work carried out by the National Prosecutor’s Office. Never”.
In this sense, he said that this Sunday he would hold a coordination meeting with the president in order to notify him to the prosecutor’s office.
During Friday’s consultation at a press conference, Boluarte responded that she would be “with great pleasure” in attendance when prosecutors notified her of the trial.
The National Prosecutor’s Office opened a preliminary investigation against the head of state in January last year on suspicion of crimes genocide, murder and serious injury in connection with the deaths and injuries caused by anti-government protests since December last year in various regions of the country.
The pre-trial investigation involves Prime Minister Alberto Otarola; his predecessor, Pedro Angulo; Defense Minister Jorge Chavez and former ministers Victor Rojas and Cesar Cervantes.
Social protests erupted in Peru after former President Pedro Castillo’s failed coup d’état on December 7, 2022, and continued from January and into the following months with a series of mobilizations and clashes with law enforcement demanding Boluarte’s resignation. Congress, promotion of general elections and convening of a constituent assembly.
According to the ombudsman’s office, 48 people were killed in clashes with law enforcement, with one policeman killed by being burned alive and 11 others by protesters’ checkpoints.
President Boluarte confirmed another death from the same causes, the death of a patient who needed to get to Lima but was detained in the blockade, and UNICEF reported the death of an unborn child, in addition to the death of a woman in the northern part of the country. La Freedom area, police said.
On 19 January, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola confirmed the deaths of four Haitian citizens, and a few days later, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Aknur) increased the number to seven stranded Haitians. adverse climatic conditions and limited access to basic services. EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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