The message comes after a 32-year-old demonstrator was shot dead by police and over 100 were injured when protests near the congress in Lima culminated in violence. Among the injured are more than 80 police officers and around 30 civilians.
The South American country has been shaken for weeks by youth-led so-called Gen Z protests. The demonstrators are protesting against corruption and organized crime.
Thousands of young Peruvians have taken to the streets in Lima and several other cities to express their dissatisfaction with the authorities' inability to address the criminal violence. Bus drivers, musicians, and other civilians have recently been killed when they refused to pay so-called "protection money" to the gangs.
Last week, the corruption-accused president Dina Boluarte was dismissed in an impeachment process, accused of having failed to curb the violence. Congressional leader José Jeri took over as interim president, but the demonstrators are demanding that he also resign.
We young people are tired of the violence, corruption, and daily death and extortion, says the 30-year-old demonstrator Ariana Palomino.