Our country is rich in natural resources, and our people have always struggled for progress and defended the nation. It cannot solve the people's problems because it is in fact a dictatorship of the big bourgeoisie and of the landlords. The people struggle against this state by building a new democratic state which requires the destruction of the old order. The Peruvian state, like all states, is based on violence, defends itself with violence, and develops through violence. To counter this, the people need to wage revolutionary violence, following the path of surrounding the cities from the countryside.
Elections are a means by which the landlords and the big bourgeoisie exercise their rule.
The people cannot use them to transform society or to overthrow the ruling class. From this follows the correct orientation of using them only for the purpose of agitation and propaganda. Currently this old state is undergoing a general crisis and falling apart. It is under the control of the fascist, murderous, and sell-out regime of Fujimori and Montesinos. This state is responsible for the new economic crisis that is just beginning.