The head of DINI provided biased information about the protests, said Dina Boluarte

President Dina Boluarte this Wednesday explained the reasons that prompted her to withdraw the confidence of the outgoing head of the National Intelligence Agency (Dini) Juan Carlos Liendoin the midst of the socio-political crisis that the country is experiencing and on the verge of renewed protests in various regions.

talking to RPP Newsthe head of state stated that reading He “distorted the information” he provided to the executive branch, “wanting to call all the people who come out to demonstrate terrorists” when “they are not.”

“We can’t generalize everyone as terrorists, we have to be very careful,” he said.

boluart He pointed out that the vast majority of Peruvians who go out to protest do so for just reasons, seeing that their demands are not being met, but there is a minority associated “with drug trafficking and illegal mining”, as well as people who were serving punishment for terrorism that incited violence at demonstrations.

“There is a smaller group that generates violence, airport hijackings that are of political and economic interest. There are people from Movadef, people who, while serving their sentences as terrorists, have now been released, were found on the marches,” he said.

The president He said that in the performance of his official position he received intelligence reports from the Armed Forces and the National Police, which he considered “official channels” in connection with the statements of Liendo, who the day before suggested that Boluarte received “unofficial” intelligence reports. . . .

“Relatively reading I can only say that the information he gave us was aimed more at an external rather than an internal character, which is what we needed in order to take a responsible approach to the problem of violence,” he said.

In addition, the president noted that Dini it is “an organic institution that has professionals who continue to perform their functions” and is not dependent on one person. “There are professionals who provide relevant reports […] In his hands is not only the director of DINI, but also a whole group of people who help in this intelligent look,” he stressed.

boluart announced that Liendo’s replacement at DINI headquarters would be named in the next few hours, but indicated that he was still unable to name.

Boluarte reiterates that death during protests will not go unpunished

The president Dina Boluarte He also called for peace and unity for all Peruvians in the face of the call for protests that began this Wednesday in various parts of the country, and reaffirmed that there will be no impunity for the deaths that occurred during last year’s December mobilizations.

“In order to get the message across to the entire Peruvian population in the south who is on the net that protest marches start today, we know by constitution that marches are allowed as long as they are peaceful, so I want to reach out to the brothers to talk to them. about the importance of peace and unity, and the commitment that we all must have for the benefit of our families and the great family that is Peru,” he said in RPP News.

In addition, he clarified that the transitional government intends to find out the truth about the deaths that occurred during the protests in December 2022, in connection with which they demanded a quick investigation and identification of those responsible.

“I assure you that there will be no impunity, we fully supported the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, because we ask them to come and visit them on their own and see what has happened in the country, we also invite the High Commissioner of this commission to come for him in January, so We give all the conditions,” he said.