The Foreign Ministry of Peru reported this followingnoon that he expressed to Chile his “discomfort” over the intervention of President Gabriel Boric at the Celac summit, where he referred to the situation in the neighboring country and the handling of the protests once morest the government of In Boluarte.
“We cannot be indifferent when today in our sister Republic of Peru, with the government under the command of Dina Boluarte, people who go out to march, to demand what they consider fair, end up shot by who should defend them. More than 50 people have lost their lives and that should shock us, ”said Boric in his speech at the regional summit held in Buenos Aires.
“It is also unacceptable that the universities of America revive the sad scenes of the times of the dictatorships of the Southern Cone, as happened recently with the violent entry of the police into the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Faced with these outrages, I reiterate Chile’s willingness to contribute in all multilateral spaces to accompany an inclusive dialogue, capable of building democratic governance and ensuring respect for human rights. Today, with the same clarity with which we have always supported the constitutional processes in our region, we point out the urgent need for a change of course in Peru, because the balance left by the path of repression and violence is unacceptable for those who We defend, and I have no doubt that here in CELAC that will is overwhelmingly majority, democracy and human rights”, added the Chilean President.
According to the Ministry of RR.EE. Peruvian, through his Twitter account, Vice Foreign Minister Ignacio Higueras communicated with the Chilean ambassador in Lima, Óscar Fuentes, and conveyed to him “the discomfort that the disrespectful way in which President Gabriel Boric has generated in the Peruvian government referred, in his speech at CELAC, to the President of the Republic Dina Boluarte”.
According to the Peruvian Foreign Ministry, Higueras told the Chilean diplomatic representative “that the course chosen by the constitutional government of President Boluarte is the advancement of general elections so that Peruvians can decide without interference and in peace the destiny of Peru.”
“The Government (of Peru) will not change the course of democratic institutions,” closed the Secretary of State.
In his speech, following Boric’s in the regional forum, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi made reference to the statements of some leaders of neighboring countries on the situation in Peru and indicated that it is “false” and “offensive” insinuate that the government of Dina Boluarte has authorized the violent repression of social protests.
“It is false and offensive to suggest, as has been mentioned today (Tuesday), that the government has authorized the violent repression of those who protest. I reaffirm in this forum our commitment to the preservation of democratic values and principles and to the full and unrestricted validity of human rights and the rule of law”, he stated.
