Despite the lifting of curfew This Tuesday, April 5, dozens of people have gathered on Abancay Avenue, in the Cercado de Lima, to demand the departure of President Pedro Castillo. With banners, pots and poles of the Peruvian team, the citizens who are against the recent management presented themselves.
The protesters, who have been meeting for a couple of hours, aim to reach the Congress of the Republic, since the president is there meeting with the Board of Spokespersons. However, this is being prevented by agents of the National Police of Peru (PNP).
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Find out HERE the minute by minute of the demonstrations and more about the march this April 5.
Live: March today, April 5
The Ombudsman urged the PNP to make rational use of tear gas canisters
We ask the National Police of Peru to make rational and strictly necessary use of tear gas, to avoid affecting the health of the people who mobilize.
Headquarters of the Public Ministry was attacked by protesters
The protesters threw a street sidewalk against the glass doors of the Public Ministry.
Jorge Muñoz pronounces on lifting the curfew
The mayor of Lima urged President Pedro Castillo to take charge of the country or step aside.
Minister urged citizens to march peacefully and without violence
The Ministry of the Interior asked citizens to march peacefully and respecting the authorities.
Protesters light a trash can and throw it at the PNP
A group of protesters set fire to a garbage can of the Municipality of Lima and threw it against the National Police of Peru.
Police fire tear gas canisters at protesters
A group of protesters threw bottles, sticks and stones at police officers. They responded by launching tear gas canisters.
Police officers injured after attacks by protesters
Two police officers were injured after a group of protesters threw glass bottles at them.
Pedro Castillo annulled the curfew
After a couple of hours and in the face of social pressure, President Pedro Castillo annulled the curfew in Lima and Callao, which lasted until midnight.
What did the president go to Parliament for?
President Pedro Castillo arrived this Tuesday at the Congress of the Republic to meet with the Board of Directors and the members of the Board of Spokespersons. This in the face of the social crises that have been taking place in the country for a few days. The gathering began at 3:00 pm, but after a couple of hours it was only broadcast on the Parliament channel.
The first incidents in the march are recorded
The PNP is doing everything so that people do not enter the areas surrounding the Congress of the Republic.
What did President Castillo say about lifting the curfew?
“From this moment on, we are going to rescind this immobility order that corresponds to calling the Peruvian people to calm down (…) “The State is not going to endorse some attitudes that go beyond the constitutional, such as the blocking of highways, stoning homes, burning tires…” said Pedro Castillo during his meeting in Congress.
It is important to specify that this measure will be effective when the president publishes the corresponding Supreme Decree, therefore, he left the meeting to go to the presidential office and put together the aforementioned document.
It should be noted that yesterday at midnight, President Pedro Castillo had ordered a mandatory social immobilization in Lima and Callao, after carriers complied with a general strike that caused disturbances in different parts of the country.