Dina Boluarte has not yet testified before the prosecutor’s office in the case of the death of people at the protests and is asking to do so online

President of the Republic He denied that Dina Boluarte had asked for a rescheduling of the summons issued by the Ministry of Public Affairs to testify in the case of deaths during the latest protests, according to a report in Peru 21 this Saturday.

Through your twitter account Presidency indicates that “On the two dates set by the Public Prosecutor, an online hearing was requested, but no response was received.”

According to the president, in his first call, scheduled for January 30, boluart He expressed to the Ministry of Public Information “full willingness to submit his application virtually.” And in the second, issued by the prosecutor’s office on February 23 last year, “the president’s defense requested to make it virtual” because of the “security threats and social unrest that their presence can cause” at the headquarters of the public ministry. “This request has not yet been resolved,” the president said in a tweet.

Report Peru21 notes that the president refused to testify before the prosecutor’s office up to three times, although he gives the dates of only two subpoenas; the first in January; and the third on the last February 23. In the case of the second quote, this only indicates that boluart He asked to be rescheduled on the grounds that the protests in Lima were a security risk.

In this regard, the Chairman argues that boluart “does not evade or delay statements” and “reaffirms its commitment to facilitating and participating in proceedings as the National Attorney’s Office deems appropriate.”

In addition, it states that “the President awaits a response in order to exercise his right to defense and to make statements within the framework of the procedural rules and prerogatives protected by law and the Constitution.”

Dina Boluarte and ministers under investigation

National Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation against President Dina Boluarte and her government ministers in connection with the deaths of dozens of citizens during the protests that began in December 2022 after the failed coup d’état of Pedro Castillo and the rise of the president. The State Department is investigating responsibility for the repressive actions of the armed forces and the national police, which resulted in deaths.

In addition to boluart, in the case appear the Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alberto Otarola; his predecessor, Pedro Angulo; and former interior ministers Victor Rojas and Cesar Cercantes and current defense minister Jorge Chavez Cross.