The Prosecutor's Office summons the president of Peru to testify in the investigation into the deaths in the protests

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The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, will be questioned in person by the Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday in the framework of the investigation to determine her responsibility in the deaths in the protests against her government, the president's defense reported on Sunday.

Boluarte has "all the will to want to help in

and in the specific investigation," said his defense attorney, Kelly Montenegro, to the newspaper

.

"If the Prosecutor's Office indicates that the procedure will be in person, then it will go in person," she added to the newspaper."We are going to comply with everything that the Public Ministry has," said the lawyer.

Boluarte had said on Friday that "I will be attending with great pleasure to answer the questions that they ask me."

The prosecutor's office began an investigation against Boluarte on January 10 for the alleged crimes of "

" during the anti-government demonstrations of December 2022 and January 2023 in the Apurímac, La Libertad, Puno, Junín, Arequipa regions. and Ayacucho.

The chief of staff,

(former Minister of Defense), the former Minister of the Interior Víctor Rojas, the Minister of Defense, Jorge Chávez, and the former Chief of Staff Pedro Angulo, are also included in the investigation carried out by the prosecutor. of the Nation,

.

On the day of her appearance, Boluarte will complete

after replacing President Pedro Castillo in his capacity as vice president, who was arrested after being dismissed by Congress on December 7 after a

, at a time when He was under investigation for alleged corruption.

A 53-year-old rural teacher and union leader, Castillo is serving

in the Barbadillo prison, a mini-prison for former leaders, inside the headquarters of the Special Operations Directorate of the Police, east of Lima.

His fall after 17 months in power sparked

that have already left

and more than 600 injured in clashes with security forces.

The protesters demand the

, the closure of Congress and an advancement of the presidential elections for this same 2023.

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