Catholic prelate voices dismay that Peru's Congress again declined to advance elections as thousands turn out in capital Lima for new protests
Near-daily demonstrations against the government have crippled the Andean country of 33 million people.
"It hurts our souls that they have a proposal to move up elections," Cardinal Pedro Barreto said on Saturday, hours after the church's highest ecclesiastical body sent a letter to legislators warning them that it is "urgent" to move up elections to later this year. "We are not going to end this struggle. The person who must resign is the usurper woman," said Romina Cuno, a 37-year-old woman from Puno in the high Andes, referring to President Dina Boluarte.
For the fourth time in a week, legislators rejected a bill on advancing elections, blocking further debate on procedural technicalities.
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