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Washington, Oct 18 (EFE).- The Prime Minister of Peru, Alberto Otárola, asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) this Wednesday to dismiss the lawsuits filed by two terrorist leaders against the Peruvian State for alleged violation of their rights.
This was revealed by Otárola during a speech he gave before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Washington, after meeting with the president of the IACHR, Margarette May Macaulay, in the US capital.
Specifically, the prime minister referred to the demands of the founder of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), Víctor Polay Campos, and the former leader of Sendero Luminoso Florindo Flores Hala, known as Comrade Artemio.
Otárola revealed that he requested “the summary file” of the petitions of both because they are “murderers sentenced for terrorism who seek to surprise the supranational jurisdiction.”
“The cases of probable benefits to terrorists reopen wounds that have not yet finished healing in our society,” warned the president of the Peruvian Council of Ministers.
He also stressed that “all the criminals who committed repeated terrorist actions are serving fair sentences after being the causes of the bloodiest history of the recent past” of Peru, during the decades of the 80s and 90s.
The former leader of MRTA and the leader of Sendero Luminoso filed lawsuits at the IACHR, an autonomous body of the OAS, because they consider that their fundamental rights were violated during their arrests and sentences, in addition to alleging unjust prison conditions.
During his intervention at the OAS, Otárola also expressed his desire that the Peruvian Justice act “immediately to eliminate impunity” in the case of the former president of Peru Pedro Castillo, imprisoned since last December.
The prime minister stated that Castillo is not only in prison for “having carried out a coup d’état” but also for “serious accusations of corruption by his cabinet, his entourage and himself.”
Otárola assured that the Government of President Dina Boluarte is committed to “investigating the events that caused unfortunate deaths” during the protests last December and January over Castillo’s arrest.
The prime minister justified that these events occurred “in a scenario of generalized violence” caused by “extremist groups” other than the peaceful protesters.
After the dismissal of former president Pedro Castillo last December, after attempting a self-coup, the protest mobilizations against Boluarte attracted thousands of people and there were a total of 77 registered deaths, of which 49 died due to clashes with the forces. of the order.
In its latest report published in May, the IACHR condemned the police violence recorded in Peru during the demonstrations and assured that it has found cases of “extrajudicial executions” in Ayacucho.
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