[Politics] Peru's Public Prosecutor's Office files a murder charge against President Boluarte before Congress

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Peru's Attorney General's Office has charged President Dina Boluarte and other former members of her cabinet with the crimes of aggravated homicide, serious injuries and minor injuries, according to a statement published on Tuesday on her X account.

The alleged acts respond to 44 deaths that occurred between December 7, 2022 and February 9, 2023, in the context of the protests that broke out after the departure from power of then-President Pedro Castillo, who unconstitutionally dissolved Parliament, after which he was arrested and imprisoned. Boluarte, then vice president, assumed power by constitutional mandate.

The complaint filed with Parliament does not include the crime of genocide, as was contemplated by the investigation that was opened in January. That crime has been filed according to the statement from the prosecutor's office.

 

Dina Boluarte's lawyer, Joseph Campos, told CNN that the alleged crime of genocide was not admissible, since "it is a lethal action against a human group for what it is and not for what it does. What we saw last year and the year before were actions that have no constitutional or conventional protection because they are violent," he said, referring to the protests.

What's next?
A constitutional complaint allows two procedures to be carried out: impeachment, which allows the official or former public official to be disqualified, and preliminary trial, which is the authorization of parliament to bring him to justice.

 

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