This
post is a continuation of our last post concerning a neighborhood mystery, but
more than that it presents a segment of life dealing with the judicial system,
attitudes and behaviors in Peru that the passing tourist would be oblivious to.
If you’re going to continue reading this post you really need to go back to the
previous post first to make sense of this one. Go ahead…we’ll wait.
It’s
Wednesday morning; the day after the walls came down for the second time and
once again neighborhood opinion is divided as to what will happen next. Will
there be a third attempt to erect walls? We still don’t know which of the
litigants is paying for the work. It could be the old man, the new buyer or the
‘real’ owner. The answer regarding what’s next was not long in coming.
At
8:00am this morning a dump truck pulled up and a different work crew began clean-up
of the crumbled walls. Shortly after the truck arrived a second
vehicle dropped off rebar and wood planks used to construct forms. There will
indeed be a third attempt to build another wall; only this time no bricks…they’re going
to pour concrete! Ya gotta admire the tenaciousness of whoever is doing this.
He/she is spending a lot of money to erect walls around vacant lots. But maybe
this is no longer about property. Maybe it’s about two opposing wills – one who
says THERE WILL BE WALLS!, and one who says THERE WILL NOT!
Would
this drama be happening if the judge had rendered his verdict? Probably not but
who knows? A more interesting question is what are the people who destroyed the
brick walls thinking right now? There is no doubt they already know what is
taking place on these lots. Will they attempt to demolish steel-reinforced concrete
walls? Or perhaps they have already devised a completely differently strategy that will shock and amaze us with its creativity. Stay tuned!
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