Huánuco: protesters tried to take control of mall

Chaos in Huánuco on the second day of regional strike in the region. A group of protesters tried to take over the Real Plaza shopping center, this Tuesday, April 5. A small group of policemen initiated the repression.

The group of unemployed carriers was joined by farmers and grassroots and grassroots organizations. They broke the police fence and tried to enter the mall premises.

The police remained vigilant, until the group began to attack the facilities of banks with stones. At that time, the officers began the repression with tear gas bombs.

WHEN DOES THE STOPPAGE OF CARRIERS END?

The strike of carriers has put the Peruvian government on the edge, which has decreed immobilization citizen for the citizens of Metropolitan Lima and Callao. This measure has so far only been given for March 5.

However, so far, the unemployment does not have an end date, since it is an indefinite stoppage.

GOVERNMENT AND MEASURES

The Government announced, as part of its measures to ease the strike and suspend this mobilization, a five-day lifting agreement. This was agreed with a group of carriers; however, another group of carriers belonging to the informal sector (mostly) continued the strike.

Subsequently, the Government continued to exempt 84 and 90 octane gasoline from the Selective Consumption Tax (ISC)

GOVERNMENT DECREED A CURFEW IN LIMA AND CALLAO

The President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, reported that it was necessary to declare the province of Lima and Callao in emergency, as well as a curfew for today, Tuesday, April 5, from 2:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

In a message to the Nation, he also called for calm and serenity to citizens.

“Faced with the acts of violence that some groups have wanted to create through the blockade at the Lima and Callao accesses, and in order to restore peace and internal order, the Council of Ministers decreed a state of emergency suspending the constitutional rights relating to freedom and personal security, the inviolability of domicile and freedom of assembly in the province of Lima and Callao”, he said in his speech.

He added that it was approved to declare this curfew to protect the fundamental rights of all people and stressed that this measure will not impede the provision of essential services for all Peruvians.

The head of state also called for continuing to work together to promote national growth and development, but stressed that this development must be fair and equitable to directly benefit all Peruvians in the national territory.

On the other hand, President Castillo stressed that there are demands in the country that have not been met for a long time, a situation that was aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and conflicts on the international stage.

For this reason, he indicated that a set of measures had been taken to improve the income of Peruvians and that families were not affected by the increase in the prices of basic necessities.

“These measures, approved within the framework of the dialogue in the city of Huancayo, benefit not only the population of Junín, but all families, especially the most vulnerable. You will soon see the effects of the actions taken, the agreements came as a result of dialogue, between representatives of the Executive, local authorities, leaders of carriers, farmers and the population,” he said.