Nuevo Peru – The genocidal Dina Boluarte formalizes an amnesty law for members of the Armed Forces, the National Police and Auxiliary forces
We hereby share an article published by the Association of New Democracy – Germany on the Amnesty Law enacted recently in Peru.
The genocidal government of Dina Boluarte formalizes an amnesty law for members of the Armed Forces, the National Police (PNP), and “self-defense committees” (auxiliary forces of the genocidal Armed Forces) for crimes against humanity.
The amnesty law reflects the character and essence of the old Peruvian State from beginning to end, shedding the cloak of respect for “human rights” in the fight against the People’s War, which began on May 17, 1980, and which persists despite all the complex and difficult situations it faces, because the People’s War can never be stopped, because the life of the Party cannot be halted for even a single instant. As long as a single communist remains, he or she can and must do it all over again. This is the dialectical materialist, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, Gonzalo Thought truth. The devil begrudges those who want to deny it.
The PCP’s unmasking of the genocidal nature of the Peruvian State’s counterrevolutionary war directed by Yankee imperialism (“low-intensity war” against the People’s War) has been proven true once again with this amnesty law granted by the fascist, genocidal, and traitorous government of Dina Boluarte to the genocidal armed forces, police, and auxiliary forces (“self-defense” and others).
Peruvian reaction and imperialism can no longer deceive the masses with their “constitution and system based on law,” “democratic legality,” “respect for human rights,” etc., in their “low-intensity” war against the People’s War.
Once again, it is clear that there is no other justice for the people. Which the people themselves impose through revolutionary violence, through People’s War. Only the people defend the people and deliver justice; only through People’s War will the people achieve justice and obtain punishment for all the crimes committed against them.
As Chairman Gonzalo has stated:
“Human Rights (HR): In Peru, the first right recognized by the Constitution is respect for the human person, including the right to a burial place. We also have international conventions, but none are fulfilled. Fujimori says he will enforce them, but what do we see every day? Mass graves, disappearances, prisoners, genocide, and repression of all protest marches in the streets of the capital. What is about the right to strike? Freedom of expression? Evictions are a daily occurrence, etc. What we are experiencing is the most violent contradiction between the rights won and established in the Constitution and its laws and material reality. Whoever says, ‘we will fight subversion with the law in hand’, as ithas been heard from the Belaúnde government, genocides, unpunished murders, rapes, etc. continue. Furthermore, Peru is not known for respecting Human Rights, and this is precisely one of the issues that U.S. imperialism is targeting. It is determined to spread this message to oppressed nations, obviously as part of its imperialist demagoguery to continue oppressing and exploiting, and for its counterinsurgency war; it’s just nonsense.” (See documentation from the 2nd Plenary Session of the PCP Central Committee in 1992.)
Regarding the above, we share the article published today in RPP Noticia-Perú, which states:
IACHR: The amnesty law is incompatible with human rights treaties and should not be applied
Andrea Pochack, representative of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, stated that the enactment of this law by Dina Boluarte is an offense to the victims who have been seeking justice for decades. She also called for prudence to ensure that the Inter-American System is being respected. Andrea Pochack, commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, stated that the amnesty law enacted by the Dina Boluarte government is incompatible with the human rights treaties that Peru has signed and represents a clear contempt for the Inter-American System.
In the opinion of the Inter-American Commission, and I’m not mistaken in saying that the Inter-American Court also believes this law is incompatible with the human rights treaties Peru has signed. Therefore, Peruvian judges have the obligation to review whether a law is constitutional or conventional. In this case, the law is not constitutional, nor a conventional law, and the judges should not apply it,” he said.
“Treaties are signed to be complied with.”
Pochak also indicated that the State voluntarily submitted to the Inter-American System and that the position of the current authorities regarding the enactment of this law goes against the ruling made by the Court in 2001 that amnesty laws are incompatible with the Commission and cannot be in force. “The State of Peru has voluntarily submitted for many years to comply with the human rights treaties it has signed. Treaties are signed to be complied with, so it is also up to the judges of Peru to ensure that the treaties are complied with, and in this case, that means the law should not be applied,” he indicated.
“Countries must submit to international scrutiny, not for us, but for the victims and for the people who have the right to enjoy human rights. This is what the countries have done in a sovereign manner, and we hope that Peru returns to sanity and openly and respectfully submits to the decisions of the Inter-American System.
The government formalizes amnesty law for members of the Armed Forces, the National Police, and self-defense committees, she stated.
Enactment of the amnesty law this Wednesday
Dina Boluarte signed into law the legislation granting amnesty to members of the Armed Forces, the National Police, and the self-defense committees who participated in the fight against terrorism between 1980 and 2000, despite criticism from the Judiciary and the Attorney General’s Office.
The Executive branch announced that it would approve the legislation approved by Congress on July 9. The president even rejected the resolution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) that requested the immediate suspension of the law.