Congressman Eduardo Saluana condemned the attack on his home in Puerto Maldonado.

Congressman Eduardo Saluan denounced before plenary session Congressthat a “mob of violent people” had attacked his home in Puerto Maldonado, and that the city was “unarmed in the hands of violent people from the Pampa sector, supported by agitators who build their political platform on the death toll”, regarding those killed during December 2022 and January 2023 protests.

“I tell my colleagues why this should not be allowed, this is an act of intimidation of parliamentarians, so I publicly condemn this because Puerto Maldonado Now it is in the hands of criminal vandals who walk its streets, attack citizens, threaten those who yesterday organized a march for peace, which was attended by 5,000 citizens, and now intends to burn their homes, their businesses and walk the streets with impunity. Puerto Maldonado”, – he continued in his speech at the plenary session of the Congress.

In this regard, he indicated that he had communicated with the general of the PPP Puerto Maldando and described as “unacceptable” the act against his home and the residents of the area. “The decisions we make here, as well as the president of the democratic Peruvian state, can in no way be based on the violence of extortion,” he said.

Facts about Puerto Maldonado

In press statements, Saluana believed that the attack on his home was due to him calling a peace march in a city in the Madre de Dios area. “They’ve been around all day Puerto Maldonado creating panic, attacking cars, looting businesses, creating a situation of purposeful panic in various houses because they threaten to burn houses, including the governor and the mayor,” he said.

Yesterday, Wednesday, clashes were reported between citizens who were marching for peace with police near the President Guillermo Billinghurst Bridge. One of the marchers condemned in the RPP that the protesters were looting on motorcycles in Puerto Maldonadoand threats against those who seek to work in their businesses and do not join the demonstrations.

APP solidarizes with Saljuana

Via your official Twitter account Alliance for Progress He ruled on a complaint filed by Bench member Eduardo Saluana, where they expressed their solidarity with the congressman.

“APP Bench recognizes the right to peaceful social protest and rejects any act of vandalism that threatens public and private property. We stand in solidarity with our congressman Eduardo Saluana who was horribly attacked at his home in Puerto Maldonado.