Congress of Peru approves vacancy against President Pedro Castillo | News

The Peruvian Congress approved this Wednesday the vacancy of President Pedro Castillo for “moral incapacity”, after the president declared earlier the dissolution of parliament, in the midst of the political crisis that the country is going through.

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The Vice President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, will be in charge of the Executive, after the parliament takes her oath at 3:00 p.m. local time. She will be the first woman to assume that position, in 200 years of republic

The national representation approved this measure with 101 votes in favor, six against and 10 abstentions, after completing the nominal vote, that is, each of the parliamentarians were called to issue their decision.

The president of Congress, José Williams, said that with this decision the presidential succession contemplated in article 115 of the Constitution is activated.

“Mr. Pedro Castillo, in open and flagrant violation of the Constitution, has announced a dissolution of the Legislative Branch, intending to declare the Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary, two constitutionally autonomous bodies, in reorganization,” said Williams.

This was the third process of this type to which the president was subjected, who already raffled a first impeachment request in December 2021, when the motion was not admitted for processing, and a second process last March, which received only 55 votes. in favor.

The resignation approved by the Peruvian parliament occurs when President Castillo announced hours before the dissolution of Congress and the establishment of an emergency government.

However, the measure accelerated the political crisis between Castillo and Congress, after it generated a division between the political class, the security forces and other entities, who rejected it, and the people who supported the president’s decree.

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