Statement by Javier Diez Canseco on the anti-terrorist front

Senator Javier Diez Canseco of the Partido Unificado Mariateguista (PUM) publicly stated that the position of the anti-terrorist front belonged to Alfonso Barrantes but not to Izquierda Unida (IU). This statement came in the context of a debate on the formation of a common front against terrorism. Shortly before, the mayor of Lima, Alfonso Barrantes, had insisted on the need to form a common front against terrorism, an initiative that was supported by the Catholic Church. Diez Canseco's statement highlighted the internal differences within the Peruvian left on how to confront political violence.