LIMA: Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte on Friday (Jan 27) urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily protests since Dec 7 when former
LIMA: Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte on Friday urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue.
On Dec 21, parliament had already voted in favor of a Boluarte bill to bring forward elections from 2026 to 2024. Popular Force, the opposition party of Keiko Fujimori who lost the 2021 elections to Castillo, this week proposed holding elections in December.While Boluarte urged lawmakers to move ahead with elections, she described the political crisis as a"quagmire."Protesters are demanding immediate elections, as well as Boluarte's removal, the dissolution of parliament and a new constitution."I have no interest in remaining in the presidency.
Authorities said that traffic was blocked in eight of Peru's 25 regions on Thursday, which has also complicated medical treatment in some areas, with doctors unable to access needed medicines.
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