The government of Peru expanded and prolonged a state of emergency to deal with a two-month-old revolt against President Dina Boluarte that has claimed 48 lives in clashes between protesters and security forces.

Seven southern Peruvian regions — Madre de Dios, Cusco, Puno, Apurimac, Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna — will fall under the measure, which will remain in place for 60 days, according to a notice in the government gazette.

Peru’s Congress shelved President Dina Boluarte’s bill to bring elections forward to 2023 on Friday night, leaving a major demand of demonstrators whose protests have rocked the country in recent weeks up in the air.

Boluarte unveiled a bill to bring elections forward to October 2023 on Wednesday in a bid to calm the deadly protests.

A fractured Congress has repeatedly failed to agree on its own bill after weeks of political infighting.

During the weekend protests, leaders called to “radicalize” the social movement, saying the government and Congress are not hearing their demands.

Aljazeera.