Politicians and supporters return Alan García to the headquarters of the Peruvian aprista party

Politicians from different parties, lawmakers and thousands of supporters of the former Peruvian president Alan García They attended his wake at the headquarters of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in Lima to bid farewell to the ruler twice from the South American country.

In the middle of party songs, white handkerchiefs and flags, García's coffin entered the old house loaded with his son Alan Raúl and several of the leading rulersamong them, members of Congress Mauricio Mulder, Javier Velásquez and Jorge del Castillo.

Thousands of followers of the former ruler (1985-90, 2006-2011) they threw flowers in the drawer and sang incessantly, tears in their eyes, slogans and hymns of the holiday, as well as live Garcia.

"Alan dignity"shouted the supporters and also directed their anger against the Peruvian president, Martín Vizcarra, to whom Garcia attributed an alleged political persecution, when she pronounced "Assbadin of Vizcarra!"

The current vice-president of the country, Mercedes Aráoz, former minister of García in his second government, came to present his condolences and, likewise, a group of legislators of Fuerza Popular led by the husband of his driver Keiko Fujimori, Mark Vitto.

Similarly, the former presidential candidate attended the farewell to García Lourdes Flores of the Christian People's Party (PPC) and the legislator Gilbert Violeta, elected to Parliament by the party of former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, currently in custody for the Odebrecht case.

The people gathered on awakening observed a minute of silence for the death of the former president, after which they all shouted "Alan García, present!"and"The Apra never dies!"

It is estimated that in the coming hours arrive at the place, the ex-wife of García, Pilar Nores, his daughters, as well as Roxanne Cheesman, the mother of his last son, Federico Dantón.

Countless floral compositions have arrived at the "Casa del Pueblo", seat of the party. Even many of them were left outside the premises, where the largest room was installed to follow García. until Friday, when the funeral will take place.

In other cities across the country, Garcia supporters have held funeral tributes at their regional headquarters to commemorate the memory of the former governor who died at the age of 69.

Garcia's lawyer, Erasmo Reyna, told the press that "there must be a political leader for what happened"with the former president, insisting on allegations of improprieties committed by the prosecutor's office in the proceedings to arrest the former president, but that led to suicide."

Reyna noted that the prosecutor in charge of the proceedings had continued the searches of García's house, despite his death., and even in the environment in which the former leader was killed.

"I was looking for documents linking it to offshore companies, but the only thing they found were receipts for water, electricity and telephone services, the account statement of the company. 39; a credit card and calendar 2005 of a political nature, where It does not contain any illegal act, "said the lawyer.

Although the Peruvian government decreed national mourning for three days and handed him the honors of the head of state at his funeral, his family and his supporters decided to say goodbye to the "House of the People" surrounded by his supporters and where they come to offer their condolences to politicians, members of Congress and local authorities.

(With information from EFE)