The majority does not trust the measures taken against the insecurity of citizens in Peru

The Ipsos poll determines that 70 percent of Peruvians do not believe that the emergency declaration, applied in four of Lima’s 42 provinces and in eight provinces of the northern Solana province, will achieve greater results and only 27 percent believe otherwise. .

Despite this, Interior Minister Vicente Romero, who last week received strong criticism when questioned in the plenary session of Parliament, from legislators of various positions dissatisfied with the official policy of citizen security, stressed that the state of emergency reduced the number of crimes committed by people.

The publication of the survey coincided with the killing of a 17-year-old soldier by assassins yesterday, who was on his day off and wearing civilian clothes, in broad daylight and in the San Martin de Porres area, one of the remaining areas. Under a state of emergency.

On the other hand, according to the poll, 76 percent believe that President Dina Boluarte is not committed to fighting crime in Lima, the city with the highest crime rates in the country, and 18 percent believe that she is.

The mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga, a far-right who supports extreme measures against the crime problem, such as the death penalty, is not committed to fighting crime, according to 56% of those surveyed, while 37% believe they are not committed to fighting crime. The opposite.

On the other hand, 47 percent of those consulted in the survey called for competence from the judiciary, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (29) and the National Police (25).

Regarding the areas in which the police must improve, those surveyed by Ipsos mentioned efficiency and speed in their actions (40%), honesty (38%), intelligence work (35%), and dealing with the public (3.4%). .

OMR/Ms