the brutal police repression in Peru It has already claimed the lives of 47 people in the midst of the massive mobilizations throughout the country once morest the new government in charge of In Boluarte. And one of the bloodiest and most tragic days occurred on Monday in Juliacaa medium-sized city located 1,200 kilometers from Limaat South of that country: there 17 people died from firearms shots.
In this dramatic context, an Argentine priest, who lives and works in that city, posted a video on TikTok where asked for the resignation of Boluartethe leader who took office weeks ago following Pedro Castillo He tried to dissolve Congress.
“I am going to ask for the pacification of the country, but the only way for that to happen It is with the resignation of Dina Boluarte. I am going to ask for her to resign, for the advancement of the elections and for a new Constitution, of course,” he launched Luis Bejar.
The priest, a native of Tafí Viejo, Tucumán, also said that “power groups are disastrous in the countrythey break up society and look for their own interests.” Before finishing, he supported and defended Evo Moralesthe former president of Bolivia who two days ago was prohibited from entering that country. The Bolivian leader replicated the video on his networks and He thanked the Argentine.
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What Béjar did not expect is that the video would go viral on social networks and reach the national media. From then on, he told PROFILE, a campaign began with grievances once morest him by political leaders and the mass media themselves. That decanted in a request for resignation by the Bishopric and now he fears that he will be expelled from the country.
Béjar speaks
“In the face of the dramatic situation, I spoke out and the problems began because the hierarchy went on one side (NdR: de la Iglesia, in favor of Boluarte) and I was naive, for the other. In the parish they asked me to resign saying that I am a foreigner and that they can accuse me of being a terrorist, there I got scared and started asking for help“said the religious to this medium.
Strictly speaking, on January 9, George Peter Carrion Pavlichbishop of Puno, the department where Juliaca is located, sent a letter to Bejar telling him that “his imprudence is causing serious damage to the Church and a feeling once morest him is growing, above all, because you are a foreigner, who identifies you as a terrorist“. He asked him to resign from the Pucará Parishwhere he practices, and that he take a sabbatical year indefinitely.
A day later, Bejar responded with a letter in which he spoke of the social situation in the town and “the pain of the families whose children had their lives taken by arms, both in December and yesterday in Juliaca, the one that today has the aroma of death“.
In that document it was justified. “My intervention had the intention of being close to the families and to the fundamental rights of the Quechua and Aymara people, where I have lived for more than 25 years”. in some media, and before the possible occurrence of wanting to expel me”.
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One of the mass media in Peru, ATVreplicated an assumption confidential intelligence report who has it to Bejar pointed out as one of the main promoters of the demonstrations in the region.
Those who know Bejar agree that he is a Third World priest who has been in Peru for more than two decades and has always been linked to social work and the help of the popular sectors. In Peru his work is quite well known.
Organisms, aware
By then, the Apostolic Nunciature, which serves as the Vatican embassy in the country, was already aware of the situation. “Their position is that they want to get me out of here in defense of my life. I know they are interacting with the Foreign Ministry. I also have the support of many priests and the people,” said the religious leader.
PROFILE consulted sources of lto Argentine Embassy in Peru where they confirmed that they are aware of the case and working on it. They said that the priority is to guarantee Bejar’s safety and that once a certain normality is recovered in Juliaca they would try to shelter him out of the country temporarily.
Furthermore, from the Group of Cures in Option for the poor They also said they were aware of the situation, which they described as worrisome and anticipated that they are working on the preparation of a document with a statement on the situation.
Meanwhile, in Juliaca the tension and protests continue, although in a climate of great pain and shock due to the number of fatalities that have occurred in recent days. A farewell ceremony was held yesterday and it is estimated that just over 91 thousand people took to the streets to participate and, incidentally, continue to raise your voice once morest Boluarte.
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