Peru’s Prime Minister, Alberto Otárola, has defended the need for President Dina Boluarte to remain in office as failure to do so would «open the doors to anarchy» at a time of deep political and social crisis.
Otárola stressed that Boluarte «will not resign» because of her «sense of high responsibility» and emphasized «democratic dialogue» as the only way out of the difficult situation the country is going through, with nearly forty deaths since the protests for the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo began.
«The way out is that Peruvians understand each other, sit down to talk and we can have a democratic dialogue on the basis of several platforms», said the Peruvian Prime Minister to Latina Television.
«History will judge us, later on it will see if we have done well or badly. In the meantime, our conscience is absolutely clear», said Otárola, for whom Boluarte’s resignation would be giving in to the aspirations of the «small organized group of violent people» who have taken over the protests.
In this sense, Otárola said that he has received threats from «a small group financed by drug trafficking and illegal mining», but in spite of this, he stressed that these «enemies of the State» will not be able to question his support for President Boluarte.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
