Lima, 18 Mar The Government of Peru extended this Friday the state of emergency in Metropolitan Lima and the constitutional province of Callao, adjacent to Lima, a measure in force from the beginning of February that will apply until May 2022 with a view to combating the increase in crimes and criminal acts. Through a supreme decree published in the official newspaper El Peruano, the Executive established a 45-day extension from March 20 to the first week of May, during which time the Peruvian National Police (PNP) will maintain control of internal order, with the support of the Armed Forces. The rule had been implemented on February 2 for an initial period of 45 days, and turned out to be one of the first measures announced by the cabinet led by jurist Aníbal Torres, the fourth since President Pedro Castillo began his term in office, in July 2021. This occurred in the context of the crisis that hit the Interior portfolio and led to the resignation of the then head of the sector, Avelino Guillén, and the departure of the general commander of the NPP Javier Gallardo. A fortnight after the declaration, Castillo insisted on the need to strengthen the fight against crime with the resources of the Armed Forces and called on the new Minister of the Interior, Alfonso Chávarry, to take the military to the streets. “We are going to take out the Armed Forces to fight once and for all the small offender and the big offender. We cannot stop it in any other way if we do not do a joint task,” said the president. Along the same lines, during his inauguration speech to the plenary of Congress, Torres assured on Tuesday of last week that citizen insecurity “has exceeded the police extraordinarily” and announced the presentation of a bill to provide non-lethal weapons to municipal service officers. “We are going to propose a bill for serenazgo members to also use weapons with bullets that are not dangerous to life and physical integrity,” said the chief of staff in the Peruvian Chamber's presentation of general government policy. CHIEF csr/cpy
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