The provisional president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, has a 3% probation of society. Despite this unpublished rejection, it has the support of Congress, which guarantees not to be dismissed, as has happened with its predecessors Pedro Castillo and Martín Vizcarra. But its main support is the armed forces. Boluarte, who arrived at the vice presidency for a leftist party, Peru Possible, and gradually tilting towards right -wing positions, has just promulgated The amnesty law approved by the Legislature on July 9 that favors the police and military involved in crimes against humanity thatEU were committed between 1980 and 2000, especially within the framework of the counterinsurgent fight against the armed luminous path. “Peru honors its defenders,” said Boluarte. The law also grants for “humanitarian reasons” freedom uniformed over 70 years. “The Government recognizes the sacrifice of the members of the Armed Forces, Police and Self -Defense Committees (civilians) in the fight against terrorism and the defense of democracy,” said Boluarte.
The interim president disassembled the claim of the Inter -American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)which had expressed its repair to an initiative that threatens access to justice of two emblematic cases of perpetrated repression during the autocracy of Alberto Fujimori, the Matanzas de Barrios Altos and La Cantuta. The first episode took place November 3, 1991. That night, a group of six hooded and armed subjects, belonging to an army squad, the Colina group, violently entered a house where a meal was being carried out. Fifteen people lost their lives in the attack, including an eight -year -old boy. On July 18, 1992, a teacher and his nine students from the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán La Valle, known as “La Cantuta”, were kidnapped. A year later, their bodies were found in common graves.
“The Peruvian State has not been asked to approve the alleged law that generates amnesty for military and police who have committed crimes against human rights,” the IACHR had pronounced. “No one can dare and insinuate the agents of the State or the Peruvian society to subvert the laws of the Republic, we demand respect“The provisional president said, by objecting the request of the IACHR.” Peru is free and independent, with autonomous sovereignty. (…) We will not allow the intervention of the IACHR, which aims to suspend a bill that seeks justice for the members of our Armed Forces, the National Police and the self -defense committees they fought, risking their life, against the insanity of terrorism. “
According to the interim president “those international or national institutions are wrong, influenced by totalitarian ideologies They intend to submit Peru to their designs. If they put on the side of those who violated the human rights of our compatriots, we are next to Peru, of the Peruvians of good, who only want peace and no more bloodshed. Our government will always prevail peace. “
Strong discomfort
The aggressiveness of Boluarte has an antecedent. The IACHR has drawn attention for the repressive facts of the beginning of 2024, when dozens of people who protested against the government arising from the dismissal of Castillo.
The step taken by Boluarte this Wednesday has caused discomfort in civil organizations. “This rule, typical of authoritarian regimesimpunity rewards responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and forced disappearances, leaving the victims and their families without truth or justice, “said the National Human Rights Coordinator.” Far from abiding by these provisions (of the IACHR), the Government and Congress have promoted actions to weaken the protection of the Inter -American Human Rights System, even promoting the exit of Peru of Peru of its jurisdiction. “
