Since the demonstrations began in December 2022, after the failed self-coup by former President Pedro Castillo, 49 people have lost their lives, 21 of them in the last week.
The Government of Peru published a decree that extends the state of emergency for 30 days, in the main regions of the country, to control the social protests that have claimed the lives of 49 people since December.
Through a supreme decree published in the official gazette, the Executive branch expanded the zones of the state of emergency that On December 15, it entered into force throughout the national territory.
The norm establishes that the state of emergency began to apply in the regions of Lima, Cuzco, Puno and Callao, areas that concentrate the largest amount of population in the countryin addition to three other provinces and one district.
In addition, the measure includes five national highwaysincluding the Panamericana Sur, Panamericana Norte, Central, the South Apurimac-Cuzco-Arequipa Road Corridor and the South Interoceanic Road Corridor.
Government of Dina Boluarte extends State of Emergency in response to social protests in Peru
“During States of Emergency The constitutional rights related to the inviolability of the home, freedom of transit through the national territory, freedom of assembly and personal freedom and security are suspended.reads the decree published by the government.
The rule also specifies that the National Police of Peru maintains internal order, with the support of the Armed Forces.
It details that the intervention of the forces of order is carried out in accordance with the current regulations that regulate the use of force by the Police and the decrees that establish the rules of employment and use of force by the military.
On the other hand, it It also extends to all the mentioned regions the curfew, between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.which the government decreed this week in the southern region of Puno, one of the epicenters of the protests.
Intense protests in Peru against the government of Dina Boluarte
The most violent day since the beginning of the crisis took place on Monday of this week, in the city of Juliaca. There, heThe protests left a balance of 17 people dead.
Since the demonstrations began in December 2022, after the failed self-coup by former president Pedro Castillo, 49 people have lost their lives, 21 of them in the last week.
The norm that establishes the extension of the state of emergency bears the signatures of President Boluarte, the Prime Minister, Alberto Otárola, and the holders of the Defense, Interior and Justice portfolios.