The presence of two councils of the Council of Ministers has been confirmed in Huancayo, in the department of Junín, this Saturday, April 2. Its arrival comes after the city was the scene of looting of various shops and the destruction of ATMs and public facilities following a protest of carriers nationwide against the increase in fuel prices.
Hundreds of people came out to join the hauliers’ protest in Huancayo and gathered outside the provincial municipality, where they threw stones and broke windows of this building. The National Police, apparently, was temporarily overwhelmed by the number of protesters in the streets of Huancayo and kept under the guard of the municipality and the regional government of Junín, located in the center of that city.
While that was happening, channel N showed that dozens of people entered a supermarket and came out with products in their hands, without anyone being able to stop them. Likewise, damage was reported at bank offices and ATMs on Calle Real, one of the main streets in the city of Huancayo.
The head of the Junín police region, Colin Sin Galván, told Canal N that, at the moment, there are ten detainees for damage to public and private property. The carriers, who are on their fifth day of unemployment, have been joined by farmers’ guilds and other sectors had demanded the presence of President Pedro Castillo and Prime Minister Aníbal Torres to set up a dialogue table.
MINUTO A MINUTO
Saturday, April 2
10:30
Due to the protests in Huancayo over the shutdown of carriers and farmers, the drinking water service has remained restricted throughout the city, as well as there is a shortage of food on its sixth day of demonstrations that has left looting in supermarkets, shops and destruction in the department of Junín.
09:00
The consequences of the transport strike, which escalated last Friday, April 1 in Huancayo (Junín), are being felt largely in Lima and Callao. Not only is the price of chicken and other foods becoming even more expensive, but some vegetables are also becoming scarce.
07:54
A second delegation of the Council of Ministers arrived in Junín to participate in the dialogue table with social leaders. The other ministers who had already traveled to the region on the night of April 1 would be on their way to meet.
These are the Ministers of Justice, Feliz Chero; of Energy and Mines, Carlos Palacios; of Economy, Carlos Graham; of the Interior, Alfonso Chávarry; and of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Oscar Zea. In addition, they are also accompanied by the deputy minister of the PCM, Jesús Quispe, some congressmen and Cardinal Pedro Barreto.
“The ministers of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, the deputy minister of the PCM, congressmen and Cardinal Pedro Barreto arrived in Junín for the installation of the Technical Table with social leaders”, is read in a tweet.
07:43
The Vice President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, today called on the people of Huancayo to return to peace through dialogue, following the protests that took place in this city in the center of the country.
“Huancayo must return to peace thanks to dialogue. Demands must be heard and addressed, but violence must cease,” the fellow Minister of Development and Social Inclusion wrote on her Twitter account.
07:00
So far there are ten detainees and several policemen injured after looting, according to the head of the Junín Police Region, PNP Colonel Colin Sim Galván.
Friday, April 1
23:11
On his Twitter account, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez Palomino, confirmed the arrival of a delegation of the Council of Ministers, at 8:00 p.m., in Huancayo. This is the Minister of Commerce, together with the Minister of Culture, Alejandro Salas, and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Victor Raul Alejos. They were also accompanied by Congressman Silvana Robles, from the Peru-Libre bench.
“Now with social leaders from Huancayo. Preparatory meeting in Municipality of Tambo for the installation of #MesaDeDialogoYa (…) With the advance team sent by the Presidency of the Republic,” said the Minister of Commerce through his Twitter account.
“There was coordination with Frente Defensa as an advance team to install Dialogue Table in Huancayo,” he added in another tweet.
22:49
The President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, leads tonight an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers at the Government Palace, in order to evaluate and meet the demands of various sectors of the country. According to Presidency’s official Twitter account, the meeting seeks solutions through dialogue and understanding.
22:31
Huancayo reports that this Saturday drinking water service would be restricted throughout the city due to reprisals caused by the stoppage of carriers. This is how the company Sedam Huancayo warned in an urgent statement.
According to the company, a group of Protestants have taken the “Catchment 24″, located in the Chamicería annex, blocking the entry of raw water for the purification process in two treatment plants in Vilcacoto.
“We regret to report that this situation will generate a shortage of drinking water in the districts of Huancayo, El Tambo and Chilca, starting tomorrow, Saturday, April 2, 2022,” the statement reads.
22:18
The Government formalized the creation of a temporary working group entitled “High-level Technical Table to Contribute to Solving the Problem of Freight Transport in the Country”. According to Ministerial Resolution No. 113-2022-PCM, the purpose of this technical table – which will be under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) – is to analyze and propose solutions to the problem of cargo transport in the country.
This working group will be composed of the head of Transport who will chair it, and will be composed of the Ministers of Foreign Trade and Tourism; Economy and Finance; Justice and Human Rights; Culture; Energy and Mines; and the Interior.
22:10
Through his Twitter account, the president pledged with the carriers to “seek solutions together for the benefit of all”, following the abuses and looting that occurred this Friday in the city of Huancayo.
“We know that there are urgent demands to be addressed, but it will be difficult to resolve them without the will for dialogue and purpose of amendment. Brothers transporters, I pledge to seek solutions together for the benefit of all,” he wrote on the social network.
21:00
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Nicolás Bustamante, arrived in Junín to talk with the transport unions that on the fifth day of the strike they radicalized the protests. Especially in Huancayo where there were abuses this Friday. The official said that they have agreed with carriers to allow space within a certain period of time to allow trucks carrying basic necessities to pass through.
“I don’t know if it’s a truce, but the leaders have pledged to let 10 units pass every so often that bring perishable products to the markets,” Bustamante explained.
PREVIA
As a result of these events, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers reported that a delegation of ministers, made up of the heads of Foreign Trade, Agrarian Development and Culture, went to Huancayo to “strengthen dialogue with the guilds of striking carriers”.
“We urge dialogue and reject all acts of vandalism,” said the Council of Ministers through its Twitter account.
Hours earlier, the Executive stated that carriers have the right to strike, but “they cannot affect property or block roads because these acts constitute a crime”.
“The State safeguards order by legal mechanisms. Our Government is ready to resolve social demands through dialogue,” said another message from the Council of Ministers on that social network.
STRIKE
The heavy-duty transport unions began an indefinite strike on Monday to protest the rise in fuel and urge a dialogue table with the Government to negotiate the reduction of the cost of oil and derivatives.
The protest, which blocked 40 roads nationwide on Tuesday, continued this Friday despite the agreements announced the previous day by Prime Minister Aníbal Torres.
The strike had been announced days ago due to the rise in fuel prices and calls for eliminating unfair competition from foreign carriers and directing the cargo reserve for national guilds.
In addition, there is an urgent need to eliminate the selective fuel consumption tax and the revision of concession contracts for roads and tolls.
In an effort to mitigate this increase, the Executive on Tuesday formalized a series of technical measures, including the incorporation for three months of 84 and 90 Gasohol and 84 Gasohol into the Petroleum Fuel Price Stabilization Fund (FEPC).
This fund, launched in 2004 to prevent high volatility in international oil prices from shifting to Peruvian consumers, also temporarily included Diesel 2 and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in bulk.
The Government also announced yesterday the creation of a “dialogue commission” to meet the demands of heavy-duty carriers, who five days ago began an indefinite strike in several regions of the country in protest against the rise in fuel.
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