Peru: Investing under high security for Pedro Castillo
Police Commander General César Cervantes said on Monday that some 10,000 police, ten drones and five helicopters would be deployed in Lima to ensure security during the inauguration ceremony of Peru’s elected President Pedro Castillo.
A radical leftist candidate and a novice in politics, Mr Castillo was declared the winner of the presidential election on 20 July against populist right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted his defeat.
The adornment ceremony would last three days and his entry into office on Wednesday coincided with the commemoration of the bicentenary of Peru’s independence, which was proclaimed on July 28, 1821.
More than 2,000 police officers will be assigned to protect foreign dignitaries who came to attend, including King Felipe VI of Spain and several leaders of Latin American countries have been declared.
Mr. Castillo must go to the Andean city of Ayacucho, 350 km south-east of Lima, for the symbolic oath-taking ceremony at the Pampa de la Quinua, the site of the Battle of Ayacucho on December 9, 1824, which sealed the independence of Peru in particular.
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