expected to be a close election. ., ~ , ., , . election. thank you very much for our election. thank you very much for your time election. thank you very much for your time here election. thank you very much for your time here on - election. thank you very much for your time here on bbc - election. thank you very much i for your time here on bbc news. a state of emergency is in place in the peruvian capital, lima, where thousands of anti government protestors are taking part in demonstrations. they are calling for the resignation of president dina boluarte, the release from custody of the man she replaced, pedro castillo, and new elections. dinner buses brought protestors into the capital. organisers have described their action as the taking of lima. joining me now is sigrid bazan who is a congress woman of the together for peru party. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. the protesters have been out on the streets for five weeks now. have been out on the streets forfive wee
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dina boluarte s resignation, also early elections, and finally a new constitution which is something that in many regions outside lima, protesters have been demanding and claiming. so tomorrow there s a big protests that has been called for by several unions, indigenous communities and other organisations, students etc. so we re hoping that this peaceful protest that is actually a constitutional right, can be held with the guarantees and also with the respect of human rights. and at what point will protesters just give in and say enough is enough? you mentioned there that peru has seen some of its worst violence in decades. dozens of protesters have been killed in the last five weeks. just how far are people willing to go here? so i think, of these three claims or three demands, there s one that can be
peasants, indigenous communities, communal leaderships, these people are starting to come to lima where, let s say the big thing happen and every state power is represented, that is also a last call for the president to once again see what the consequences of this will be. we don t want of course more violence and more deaths but we also want this to be sincere and incongruous or at least members of parliament also trying to take care of the early elections because still have one more polling to do so that we can, you know, take the early elections to appoint where they are actually going to be held. and finally, they are asking for a new constitution. we think there are ways for this process to begin or at least so that we can consult people, not only of those that are protesting but also regular people in these early elections as they would
welcome to bbc news. i m monika plaha. our top stories in a surprise announcement, new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern says she will stand down, in less than three weeks. i know what this job takes, and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do itjustice. it s that simple. ukraine s interior minister is killed in a helicopter crash in kyiv. it came down close to a children s nursery. 14 people have died, including a child. translation: we ran - into the street and turning. there were bodies and debris lying around. there was smoke, blood and clothes, and mothers were running. in peru, a state of emergency is declared in lima,