The Executive Branch has declared a
State of Emergency in the regions of Madre de Dios, Cusco, Puno, Apurimac, Arequipa, Moquegua, and Tacna, for 60 calendar days, in order to ensure that security and social peace prevail in the country.
The rule provides that the National Police of Peru (PNP) maintains control of internal order supported by the Armed Forces.
In the case of Puno, the Armed Forces are in charge of maintaining internal order, which will be joined by the PNP to achieve said goal in the area where a state of emergency has been declared.
The state of emergency is an exception regime supported by Article 137 of the Constitution.
The exercise of constitutional rights relating to the inviolability of homes, freedom of transit across the national territory, freedom of assembly, as well as personal freedom and security —included in Subsections 9), 11), 12), and 24) f of Article 2 contained in Peru's Political Constitution— are restricted in the aforementioned localities.
On the other hand, the supreme decree states that, for 10 calendar days, a mandatory curfew will be effective in said region. Thus, the people of Puno region must remain at home from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the following day.
During the curfew hours, people may only circulate on the roads of public use for the acquisition, production, and supply of food, which includes its storage and distribution for sale to the public.
Strictly necessary personnel —who participate in the provision of health services and medicines, and those who ensure the provision of water and sanitation services, as well as agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, transportation, surveillance and security, delivery, restaurants and hotels— are exempt from the measure.
The employees of the companies that provide assistance, financial services, electricity, gas, fuels, telecommunications and related activities, cleaning and solid waste collection services, funerary services and related activities, cargo-merchandise transportation and related activities, activities related to the resumption of economic growth, transportation of funds, as stipulated by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, are also excluded from the order.
During the curfew, pharmacies and drugstores are allowed to operate according to the provision thereon. Likewise, the services provided by the Ministry of Women for the care of vulnerable people remain operational.
Written, radio, and television press members will be allowed to circulate during curfew hours provided that they carry their personal working permits, respective badges, and ID cards for identification purposes.
Likewise, the people who require urgent or emergency medical attention —because their life or health are at serious risk— or those who need to buy medicines, are allowed to move on foot or by vehicle as well.
(END) CVC/RMB
Publicado: 5/2/2023