Dina Boluarte: SAC declares inadmissible complaint for deaths in protests

2023-05-05 23:34:05

With 11 votes in favor, 5 against, and 3 abstentions, the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC) declared the constitutional complaint against President Dina Boluarte, Prime Minister Alberto Otárola, and former ministers Pedro Angulo and César Cervantes inadmissible.

The complaint referred to the 17 deaths that occurred on January 9 in Juliaca, Puno, where 17 people were killed in clashes with the Armed Forces (FFAA), within the framework of anti-government protests.

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Parliamentarians from the Avanza País, Fuerza Popular, Alianza Para el Progreso, Renovación Popular, and the Magisterial Bloc and Somos Perú abstained, a fact criticized by the promoter of the accusation, Ruth Luque, who described them as “ new officialdom”.

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