July 23, 2025.
Dina Resign!
Workers in Lima announce that marches will continue until the president resigns
For workers, the solution to the crisis is a new constitution through a constituent assembly.
The Peruvian people are calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte. Through demonstrations, they are questioning the recent increase in the president’s salary to almost $10,000, as well as the government’s labor policy in favor of business and the fact that large agro-exporters receive millions in tax benefits at the expense of those who, for example, are engaged in family farming.
In statements in Telesur, labor lawyer Rosa Varillas pointed out that although “agro-export workers have regulations that allow them to bargain collectively and have labor rights, temporary contracts predominate, so when they want to join a union, they are fired.”
According to Varillas, this is because the labor rights that should protect workers in terms of job stability were removed from the 1993 constitution.
In response to this situation, Peruvian citizen Elsa Chambi condemned the president’s indifference to the situation facing Peruvians: “Everything is wrong and that woman doesn’t care, she doesn’t care about the people, she’s only interested in her own pocket.”
Impunity for those killed in protests and corruption cases are increasing unrest among the population, who believe that the government is incapable of fighting organized crime. According to a statement by the Deputy Secretary of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP), so far in 2025, “4,500 people have been killed by hired assassins, by criminals,” reported Telesur.
Minaya recalled the allegations of corruption and trafficking of state funds that are reported daily in the media, in addition to the neglect of workers’ labor and union rights. He also called on President Boluarte to “step aside and allow a transitional government to take the necessary measures to recover our country” if she is unable to respond to the demands of the Peruvian people.
The United Confederation of Workers of Peru (CUT) believes that the solution to the crisis lies in the drafting of a new plurinational constitution through a constituent assembly to replace Fujimori’s constitution: “Our country needs profound, structural change,” said César Basan, secretary general of the Confederation of Workers of Peru (CUT), who considered that “the constitution is key to the possibility of sustained, organized development, with a well-integrated territory and the whole country working,” Basan said.
Along the same lines, ahead of the national holidays, the vice president of the Transport Alliance, Julio Campos, announced that his union will hold a national strike on Sunday, July 27, and Monday, July 28, because “since April 11, after the dialogue, the government has done nothing to combat insecurity.”
Meanwhile, Lucio Ccallo, leader of the National Unitary Command for Struggle (CNUL), confirmed that his organization will join the call for a national strike starting on Saturday, July 26. He also said that CNUL delegations will leave their regions for Lima to join the protests against the government of Dina Boluarte.
Secretary general of the Regional Sutep of Puno, Tito Rojas, indicated that his union will mobilize on the main dates in support of the national strike. “There is widespread discontent among the people. On the 28th, we must express our rejection of the government,” he said.