Peruvian presidential candidate for the far-right Popular Force Keiko Fujimori has criticized restrictions on stopping coronavirus infections during Holy Week, a “nonsense” for Christians who want to “live their faith.”
“The decision to close us at Easter is a new foolishness of the president. Once again, his ideological prejudices hurt the Peruvians a lot,” Fujimori said in a video posted on social media.
The government of interim President Francisco Sagasti announced last Wednesday a package of measures for the festivities of Holy Week, which includes the suspension of interprovincial land and air transport.
For Fujimori, depriving “all Catholics and Christians to live their faith” at such a difficult time is an inexplicable blow. ” “But not only that. There are thousands of Peruvians who have seen these days as an opportunity to offer their products and services, but they have also been imprisoned,” he said.
“President Sagasti, there is still time. Open Easter. Do not close our faith, do not close our work,” he called on Keiko Fujimori.
On Saturday, the Peruvian Ministry of Health reported that 50,000 deaths had been passed since the beginning of the pandemic. The new epidemiological balance of the Andean country registered 5,334 new cases and 188 deaths caused by coronavirus this Saturday, bringing the total positive cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,460,779 and 50,085 deaths.