The new President of Peru, Dina Boloart, announced that she would form a new government on Saturday (10), after impeachment and Pedro Castillo Prison accused of attempting a coup. But discontent is mounting in the streets, as supporters of the former president are calling for his release and for elections to be called.
Last Friday (9), Dina did not rule out calling for early elections in search of a peaceful way out of the political crisis and called on the population to calm down amid protests calling for a new Congress. And he declared, “If society and the situation require it, we will advance the elections in talks with the democratic forces in Congress,” after confirming that he would form his government tomorrow, Saturday.
said the president, after violent clashes between pro-Castillo demonstrators and the police on Thursday night (8) in Lima, the capital of the country.
Two days after his failed coup attempt, fort He is in the same detention center as former President Alberto Fujimori, at the Police Special Forces base located in eastern Lima. The public prosecution accuses him of rebellion and conspiracy, and a higher court ordered him to spend seven days in pretrial detention.
In the streets, the demonstrations continue for a second day and fuel the uncertainty associated with the possibility that Dina Boulwart will be able to complete her term in 2026, as she herself announced upon taking office, on Wednesday (7).
In Lima, hundreds of people demonstrated to demand Castillo’s release. “I voted for him. This Congress does not represent us. We want his freedom,” Maribel Quisby told AFP. Sara Medina protested, “We want to shut down this corrupt Congress and release Castillo. He decided to shut down Congress because they won’t let him operate.”
Dozens of policemen blocked the roads leading to Parliament to prevent the passage of the demonstrators, who burned posters with the image of President Dina, while chanting “leader of the coup!”.
And the demonstrations were repeated in the interior regions of the country, as dozens closed for the second day the various parts of the South American highway with stones, trees and burning tires, calling for general elections and the closure of Congress. The People’s Ombudsman made an appeal for “peace of mind and responsibility for all citizens”.
Dina Polwart He attended a Peruvian army ceremony on Friday marking the 198th anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho, which sealed the end of Spanish colonial rule in Latin America.
“Let us leave behind the chapters of confrontation, the unfortunate events that wanted to destroy democracy and the adventures that did not generate stability. It is now or never. Peru cannot stop,” Dina told the army, which did not support the coup.
Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature and govern by decree, but his orders were ignored by Congress and the armed forces.
