Peruvian President José Jerí swore in his entire cabinet on Tuesday, appointing former constitutional judge Ernesto Álvarez, 64, as prime minister, Denisse Miralles as economy minister, and Hugo de Zela as foreign minister.

Ernesto Álvarez, a former judge was an outspoken critic of the recent 'Generation Z' protests in the country, describing them as as a ‘gang that wants to take democracy by storm’ in order to allegedly control the April general elections and that does not represent young people. Álvarez deleted his social media shortly before being sworn in.

Jerí took office on Friday after Congress removed Dina Boluarte (2022-2025) from the presidency for “permanent moral incapacity", six months before presidential elections are due to take place.

During the first months of her administration, Boluarte faced protests that left 50 civilians dead, including several teenagers.

Between January and August, 180 transport workers were killed, including bus drivers, minibus drivers, motorcycle taxi drivers, taxi drivers, and fare collectors, according to official data from the Crime and Violence Observatory, the consulting firm Capital Humano y Social, and the Banco de Crédito.

The new president of Peru, José Jerí, has been meeting with various local authorities, such as regional governors, mayors of Lima, senior military and police officials, but also with social organizations such as the Transport Workers of Lima, as well as the mayor of Pataz, a small town in the La Libertad region, who walked more than 1,000 kilometers to Lima in 49 days.

It has been only four days since José Jerí was sworn in as president, but he has already met with many people as well as visiting prisons where the most dangerous criminals are held to give orders to search the inmates' cells to seize cell phones, drugs, and other items in an attempt to curb the extortion that often originates in prison.

Two days ago, he met with Mayor Pataz, Aldo Carlos Mariños, and leaders from the La Libertad region, with whom he began a technical dialogue table today. Yesterday, October 13, he met with most of Peru's governors, and today he met with the mayors of most of Lima's districts to take note of their requests and needs.

The main issue raised by the mayors of Lima with the president is the insecurity in the city, which is why many requested a state of emergency, with a military presence in the streets, to prevent extortionists, hitmen, thieves, etc.

President José Jerí promised them that he would fight hard against crime in Peru, which is the main problem here. He also warned criminals who are still at large that if crime continues, he will take stronger measures against their accomplices who are in prison.

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