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The President of the Congress of Peru, Luis Valdez, on Saturday called for the resignation of Manuel Merino as president of Peru before the legislature meets to evaluate the constitutional succession of the president.

(Read also: Peru, a country in political crisis with three presidents since 2016).

“Tomorrow Sunday) we have to evaluate it at the spokespersons meeting, but I ask Mr. Merino to consider his immediate resignation“Valdez told Channel N.

In this way the president of Congress joined the massive demands that leading Peruvian politicians and presidential candidates have already made after the government’s violent repression against the city demonstrations, which this Saturday caused at least two deaths and numerous injuries.

(Keep reading: Peruvian justice prohibits former president Vizcarra from leaving the country).

New decisions on the go

Luis Valdez, who took over the presidency of Congress on Tuesday after Merino was sworn in as president of Peru, confirmed that they have called a meeting “soon” by the Council of Congress spokespersons to make a decision on the future of the sovereign.

“By order of the President of Congress, Luis Valdez Farías, the Council of Spokespersons will be convened for tomorrow, Sunday at 08:00, in the Chamber of Congress.the parliament announced on Twitter shortly after.

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Valdez noted that at that meeting he will demand Merino’s resignation from the head of state he hired to replace Martín Vizcarra, who was fired last Monday by the legislature, which generated massive city protests.

“The population has spoken out about it, as authorities we cannot jeopardize the integrity of the population”He noted before saying that he will also leave the presidency of Congress with its full board of directors so that a new board of directors is elected.

Called to protect the lives of Peruvians

Valdez appealed to the security forces “not to use weapons that endanger the life and integrity” of the citizens and reiterated that the Congress “must adopt the measure which is nothing more than a succession of what is happening in the country”.

He further stated that neither he nor any member of his caucus, the Alianza Para el Progreso (APP) party, nor its board of directors “They will look for the opportunity to preside next executive week”.

The legislator added “It will be a succession within the framework established by the Constitution” so that the president of the new board of directors can assume the presidency transition of Peru.

“You can’t even go against the will of the population”, noted Valdez, who was one of the lawmakers who voted for the removal of Vizcarra which allowed Merino to take the lead and sparked the political and social crisis in Peru.

Unanimous question

After the first death, it became known after the harsh repression launched by the Police against the demonstrators protesting in Lima against Merino, the main leaders of his party, Popular Action (AP), also called for his immediate resignation.

“Mr. Manuel Merino, stop your adventure, #RenuncieYa. Popular Action doesn’t support you either. It has stained the lamp.”This was stated by the general secretary of the PA Mesías Guevara in a message on Twitter, in which he alluded to the symbol of the political party founded by the two-time Peruvian president Fernando Belaunde.

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Guevara’s position was supported by other senior AP executives, as the mayor of Metropolitan Lima, Jorge Muñoz, and the presidential candidate Yonhy Lescano.

“What we Peruvians now have to ask for is the resignation of Mr. Merino now,” Muñoz pointed out in a statement on Channel N.

Lescano also used his social networks to ask Merino and his prime minister, the conservative Ántero Flores-Aráoz, “Retire as soon as possible because you are dragging a very serious crisis, do it for Peru”.

“They close the roads, turn off the lights, take out tanks, shoot bullets, this is more than a dictatorship because it threatens the lives of thousands of Peruvians”, the presidential candidate denounced.

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Former President Vizcarra announces that the deaths will not go unpunished

The deposed president of Peru Martín Vizcarra said the death of citizens protesting against the regime “will not go unpunished”. and described as “illegal and illegitimate” the government led by the legislator Manuel Merino.

“I deeply regret the deaths that have occurred as a result of the repression of this illegal and illegitimate government.”Vizcarra pointed out in a message posted on Twitter.

The former governor, who was removed from his post last Monday by Congress, expressed his condolences “to the relatives of these civil heroes who, exercising their rights, have come out in defense of democracy and in search of a better country” “The country will not allow the death of these brave young people to go unpunished”, he stressed.

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Patricia Teullet, on the other hand, resigned tonight from the minister of women and vulnerable populations, assuring that “the events of recent days that have led to the death of a Peruvian, make it impossible for her to fulfill this office”, reads. resignation letter.

EFE