POLICY

Boluarte did not respond to the Prosecutor's Office in the investigation into the repression of the protests

The Peruvian president answered general questions but did not want to argue about her administration's response to the demonstrations that occurred shortly after her inauguration.

  • 06/10/2023 • 01:09

The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, went to the Prosecutor's Office this Wednesday to be questioned as part of the investigation being followed for alleged genocide, qualified homicide and serious injuries due to the repression of protests against her government, but she refused to answer the question. interrogation, according to his lawyer, Joseph Campos. “The situation is the same,” Campos told reporters after the end of the proceedings, which took place at the Prosecutor's Office headquarters amid special security measures. The defense requests the closure of the investigation with the argument that “it has no basis.” As could be established, Boluarte limited himself to answering general questions, but refrained from giving specific answers, an attitude that is permitted by law. It is the second time that Boluarte attends a similar procedure within the investigation that is being followed for the events that occurred during the protests that the country experienced between last December and March, in which 49 people died, or 77 if the facts are taken into account. collaterals. On the first occasion, the president also remained silent, despite the fact that her press department said that she had collaborated, which was later denied.