Dina Boluarte is called by the Nation’s Attorney to testify about the loss of life during protests on Tuesday, March 7.

national prosecutor, Patricia Benavidez, He summoned the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, to testify as part of a preliminary inquiry into the deaths of people during protests against her government and Congress.

As confirmed Kelly Montenegro, lawyer of the head of state, daily Tradethe president was called the following Tuesday, March 7at the headquarters of the prosecutor’s office in the center of Lima.

“If the prosecutor’s office orders so, we will carry out everything that the public ministry orders,” he told the aforementioned media outlet.

In addition, he pointed out that they “one hundred percent correspond to what is provided by the competent authority, which in this case is the National Prosecutor’s Office.”

“It was never the intention to want to, shall we say, hinder or interfere with the work carried out by the National Prosecutor’s Office. Never,” the lawyer said, adding that today, Sunday, she will meet with the president to agree on the legal aspects of her defense.

It should be noted that the President head of the Council of Ministers Alberto Otarola; Minister of Internal Affairs, Victor Rojas; and Secretary of Defense J.Orge Chavezare being investigated for the alleged crimes of genocide, qualified murder and serious bodily harm committed during demonstrations in the areas of Apurimac, La Libertad, Puno, Junin, Arequipa and Ayacucho.

Pedro Angulo was also involved in this process as a former President of the Council of Ministers; and Cesar Cervantes, former head of the interior. This is because they were part of the government during the demonstrations that started on December 7th. lThe tax audit has been conducted since January 10 last year.

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In recent days, a dispute has flared up around the tax agenda made to the president. February 25 heTo President of the Republic denied that Dina Boluarte asked to postpone the summons issued Public service testify in a specified case as condemned by the newspaper Peru 21.

Through your account on Twitter, Presidency He indicated that “on the two days appointed by the prosecutor’s office, a request was received to conduct the trial online, 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.

José Tello: “The President wants to announce virtually”

In this regard, Minister of Justice José Tellonoted that the President Dina Boluarte predisposed to testifying before prosecutors as part of investigations being followed by those who died during the protests, and that she only requested that this statement be virtual.

“The president asked for her statement to be made virtually, she didn’t even ask for a rescheduling. Finally, her application was not accepted as she requested,” she said in an interview for News RPP.

In this connection, she maintained that she had virtually made the decision to testify herself, and doubted that the said request had not received a response from Public service.

“Presidents of the republic go and receive such statements in the Palace (of the Government). So what’s the problem with the President’s request to do it virtually and do what the prosecutor’s office requires from the Palace? He has meetings every day,” he said.

“It is absolutely clear to me that President Boluarte has every reason to make a statement, she wants to make a statement. virtual” asked the head of justice.

In this sense, the minister tello He stressed that “respect for” the presidential figure has been lost, since “the continuation of the rule of the former president Peter Castillo.

“The figure of the president was mistreated because the person who personified him, unfortunately, did not fit. Apart from the fact that he is corrupt (…), why should we repeat images like that of Pedro Castillo?” he asks. .

Faced with this, he pointed out that there was a need to “restore respect” for investments presidential.

“We must restore the respect for institutions, we must restore the respect that the presidency of the Republic represents. We must retain the methods that were most recently used in our country without any difficulty and without creating a public debate, as described above. I’ll give it to you now,” he said.