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Youth-Led Protests Fill Central Lima as Transport Guilds Join Pension-Law Outcry

Demonstrators reject Law 32123, which mandates pension enrollment at age 18.

Overview

  • Generación Z organized marches for September 20 and 21 with a 5:00 p.m. gathering at Plaza San Martín and a planned route toward Congress.
  • RPP reported thousands gathered on Saturday as roughly 1,000 police officers restricted access routes and blocked attempts to advance toward Government Palace and Parliament.
  • Organizers argue the pension reform harms young workers with precarious jobs by forcing AFP or ONP affiliation and benefiting private administrators.
  • Support broadened with unions and social collectives, including the teachers’ union Sutep and the Alianza Nacional de Transportistas, which publicly endorsed the cause.
  • Spokesperson Wildar Lozano urged early arrival, adherence to established routes, and a peaceful, civic demonstration using placards and chants to amplify demands.