Peru's Parliament again refused on Wednesday (February 1st) to advance the elections from 2024 to December 2023 as the country is rocked by unrest that has claimed 48 lives since December 7th.
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According to the vote count, 68 deputies voted against, 54 for and two voted blank.
President Dina Boluarte and the right advocated bringing forward the ballot scheduled for April 2024 to the end of the year, thus hoping to calm the dispute.
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