With 28 signatures, two more than those required to start the process before the plenary session, the “vacancy” motion was presented by congressmen from the parties Advance Country, Popular Force and Popular Renewal, which represent a third of parliament.
But his admission to debate in the plenary session is not guaranteed as this step requires 40% of votes in favor among the attending legislators. AND To remove a president, in Peru 87 votes are needed out of a total of 130 congressmen.
“Declare the permanent moral incapacity of the President of the Republic, citizen José Pedro Castillo Terrones, as established in paragraph 2 of Article 113 of the Political Constitution of Peru,” says the text.
The proposal is promoted by Congresswoman Patricia Chirinos, from Avanza País, an organization that championed economist Hernando De Soto as the presidential candidate in this year’s elections.
Peru’s unicameral parliament is dominated by a right-wing opposition, while the ruling party Peru Libre (Marxist) is the first minority with 37 votes.
The opposition leader and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori He had announced last Friday that his party, Fuerza Popular, second bench in Congress (24 votes), will support the impeachment request.
The far-right Renovación Popular also supports the dismissal, for which it has called a march this Saturday.
The possible dismissal of Castillo has been in the air from the day after his election, when the right-wing parties denounced fraud despite the endorsement given to the results by the electoral authorities and observers from the OAS and the European Union.
Castillo, who assumed the presidency of Peru on July 28 and whose term ends in July 2026, is subject to criticized for its lack of direction and constant ministerial crises. In less than 120 days in office, he has changed a dozen ministers and faces divisions in the coalition that backs him.
Presidential disapproval reached 57%, according to an Ipsos poll released on November 14.
In November 2020 the president Martin Vizcarra he was stripped of power in an express process in Congress. And in March 2018, Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki he resigned the presidency on the eve of a second impeachment attempt.
Source From: Ambito
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