Mayor of Miraflores on demonstrations in his area: “We are not a concentration point”

Miraflores Mayor Carlos Canales announced the deployment of about 100 police officers to the area to prevent any demonstrations and public or political marches that endanger the safety, free movement and health of residents.

“The concentration of people is not the point of Kennedy Park. Those demonstrations that are said to be peaceful are not. This is what the authorities seek to protect, that we are not a point of concentration, we are not a forbidden zone, ”he said. mayor. News RPP.

channels criticized that on Saturday there were fights between protesters and police near Municipality of Miraflores. In this sense, he argued that declaring the restricted area under jurisdiction would help avoid supporting more violent action.

“There is business here, there is culture, the park (Kennedy) is a monument that was seized on Saturday by people who wanted to commit acts of violence. Force was not used because there were children there, and it was a very polite attitude on the part of the police, but they committed violent acts,” he added.

The mayor of Miraflores also assured that a photo was taken of the protesters on Saturday to find out if they have a criminal record and a complaint against them if they try to break the rule is not ruled out.

Concentration limit zone

The Miraflores Municipal Council, in an extraordinary meeting chaired by the mayor of the district, Carlos Canales (“People’s Renewal”), decided to ratify a 2007 ordinance that placed the restricted area under the jurisdiction of “gatherings, demonstrations, public and political processions, jeopardize security, free movement and health of residents and guests”.

In this regard, Victor Zanabria, head of the Lima police station, indicated that a group of troops would be present for 15 days to protect Kennedy Park as well as Larco Avenue.

The declared restricted area includes the area bounded by roads. Avenue Angamos Este, Avenue Comandante Espinar, Avenue Jorge Chávez, Avenue Malecón de la Reserva, Avenue Armendariz, Avenue Tejada And Avenue Paseo de la República.

The commune specified that the agreement was backed up by “technical reports” issued by various departments in the municipality, such as Office of Civil Securitywhich took into account “the clashes and mobilizations of recent weeks in Lima Sercado, Miraflores and other areas, which in many cases have escalated into high levels of violence and vandalism.”