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Peru: head of the Technical Office of the Presidency Raúl Molina  Martínez  resigns (Spanish) "Madam President, listen to our people, to the vast majority who are asking for changes," Molina Martínez wrote in his resignation letter. Diego Alva Raúl Molina Martínez submitted his resignation as head of the Technical Office of the Presidency of the Republic, a position he had held since December 22, 2022. In a letter sent to President Dina Boluarte, he urged her to listen to the population who calls for changes and to respond to them "as head of state, rather than as head of government". In the document dated February 1, 2023, Molina Martínez points out that to adopt a position of dialogue, political gestures are needed that overcome differences and rebuild the trust that the population has towards the Executive. He adds that this becomes more difficult to achieve with the number of protester deaths in ongoing demonstrations and that responsibility has not yet been att...

Dina Boluarte Rules Out Resigning from Presidency: "We would be generating anarchy in the country" (Spanish) Head of State reiterates that she will not resign from the presidency of Peru during the press conference with international media. Carlos Villacorta The President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte said that her possible resignation as Head of State would only generate anarchy in the country because the head of Congress, José Williams, would assume the reins of Peru and considering the high disapproval of the Legislature. “What would resolve my resignation? We would be generating anarchy in the country. Because after my resignation he (José Williams) would come to assume the Presidency of the Republic. The population already knows the qualification and score that Congress has on this date,” Boluarte said at a press conference with foreign media. Along these lines, the head of the Executive Power specified that, if she left office, Congress would call general elections wit...