Peru President Dina Boluarte proposes to move up the next general election to April 2024 from an originally scheduled 2026 date.
LIMA, Peru – Peru’s new president offered lawmakers a plan to bring elections forward by two years on Monday, December 12, after the ouster of her predecessor last week sparked protests that have left at least seven dead.
The head of the Peru ombudsman’s office, Eliana Revollar, said seven people had died during two days of protests, all from gunshot wounds. Citing “difficult times,” Peru’s sixth president in the past five years said she was proposing to move up the next general election to April 2024. It was previously scheduled for 2026.
The leftist governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico and Colombia issued a joint statement on Monday calling for the protection of Castillo’s human and judicial rights, adding that the “agents” of Castillo’s removal should prioritize “the will of the citizens that was declared at the polls.”Some civil and indigenous groups in the world’s No.
The UN Human Rights Office warned of further escalation in a statement on Monday, calling on authorities to exercise restraint and fully investigate the deaths of protesters.
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