will hold coordination meetings to define the operational and logistical aspect on which military support will be provided for the maintenance of public order in Lima and Callao regions, within the framework of Supreme Resolution No. 191-2021-IN.
"(…) they are the ones who lead the operational issue, the logistics issue; as a minister, I focus on the political framework," he told reporters.
"Legislative Decree No. 1095 establishes support whether in a state of emergency or not; in this case, it is without a state of emergency. Therefore, whenever the Police require it, the Armed Forces are willing to support (the police) in various ways, providing security to public facilities (…)," he indicated.
Last Monday, Congress members and lawyers said that the intervention by the Armed Forces would be unconstitutional, since the state of emergency should have been first declared in Lima and Callao.
Legislative Decree No. 1095 —which establishes rules for the use of force by the Armed Forces in the national territory— was enacted on September 1, 2010.
Minister Ayala reiterated that the Armed Forces will act within the constitutional framework, rely on the personnel trained for this task, and he ruled out that the functions of the National Police will be usurped, or that the presence of the military in the streets implies arresting citizens.
In this regard, he said the military could fulfill the role of protecting public facilities so that more police members are deployed to the streets with the aim of fighting crime.
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