Minister of Culture: “We have already submitted an adaptation plan to open LUM in the coming days”

Leslie Urteaga, Minister of Culture, announced that in the next few days the Place of Remembrance and Reconciliation will reopen after the Municipality of Miraflores closed it on 14 March. In this sense, he clarified that out of 35 comments, they have already raised 10, according to which he recognized that they need more smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and comply with the relevant rules.

“We have already presented the adaptation plan, and we are confident that in the coming days, hopefully it could be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will open LUM, because we already gave the document on Tuesday. I am sure that the mayor of Miraflores has responded to our request, we have fulfilled the technical remarks,” he said in the program “Las Cosas como Son” RPP.

As for the criticism of the mayor of Lima, Rafael Lopez AllagaThe minister announced that she had invited the burgomaster to tour LUM; however, he stressed that the metropolitan municipality could not have any intervention to force its closure.

“We reject any interference by the municipality of Lima. in our work in museums. There are more than 50 of those that we have under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, and at the moment all museums are adapting to the norm that came out the day before yesterday from the Ministry of Housing, which issues general instructions so that everyone has an adaptation plan, ”it is indicated.

European Union (EU) in Peruthrough Twitterexpressed his “concern” because, according to what they pointed out, LUM “preserves the memory of a period of violence (1980-2000) that encourages citizens to inform themselves and reflect on what they experienced in Peru so that it never happens again.”

“(United Nations Development Program in Peru) together with the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and European Union in Peru We support the creation and implementation LUM, That is why we note with concern the recent decision to temporarily close it for technical reasons,” the international delegation said.

They are looking for information after the death of the leader of Ashaninka

The head of Culture confirmed that, together with the Ministry of Interior and Justice, they are working to collect information from those responsible for the assassination of Ashani leader Santiago Contoricon Antunes.

“In recent years, at least 20 people who are associated with the protection of their territories, the environment, human rights. We need to change strategies, we from the Ministry of Culture are in direct contact with the Apus, we talked to some of them yesterday at the meeting,” he said.