Crisis in Peru, live: after Castillo’s dismissal, Boluarte will take office

In the legislative palace, a full session began in which Dina Boluarte will be sworn in as the first president of Peru. The president of the Congress, José Williams, presides over the ceremony.

There are no politicians from the Peru Libre party, from which the vice president was expelled a few months ago.

The vice president of Peru arrived at Congress, where she will be sworn in as the new president, the first woman to come to office.

The Chilean government said that it “deeply regrets” the political crisis that this Wednesday led to the dismissal and arrest of the Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, and expressed its confidence that the situation “can be resolved through democratic mechanisms and respect for the State of law”, according to a statement released through the Foreign Ministry.

“Our country makes an emphatic call for respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirms its commitment to democracy and dialogue as the way to overcome this complex moment,” added the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vice President of Peru must assume the presidency of the neighboring country, after the dismissal of Castillo.

“The Government of Colombia expresses its concern over the political crisis in Peru, expresses its solidarity with the brotherly Peruvian people and calls for dialogue with all political actors to safeguard democracy,” the Foreign Ministry said.

the now vacated president Pedro Castillo left the Government Palace and went to the prefectural headquarters, on España avenue, in Lima, where he was arrested.

For the removal of the president to proceed, the vote in favor of at least 87 of the 130 parliamentarians was required. Finally, the vote ended with 101 votes in favor, six votes against, and 10 abstentions.

The president of the Peruvian Judiciary, Elvia Barrios, on Wednesday called on citizens to “remain vigilant in defense of the democratic and legal State.”

The Attorney General of Peru, Patricia Benavides, on Wednesday “emphatically rejected any violation of the constitutional order” that could occur in her country, after the president
Pedro
Castillo announced the dissolution of Parliament and the formation of an “emergency government” in the country.

The president of the Constitutional Court of Peru, Francisco Morales, made a call this Wednesday through Channel N to the Armed Forces of the country to “restore the constitutional order”, after the announcement by President Pedro
Castillo to order the dissolution of Congress and declare an emergency government.

The Minister of Justice of Peru, Félix Chero, announced this Wednesday his resignation from the position he had held since last March out of “respect for democratic institutions”, in light of the president’s decision
Pedro
Castillo to dissolve Congress and convene a national emergency government.

Peruvian lawyer Benji Espinoza, the main legal defender of President Pedro Castillo, announced Wednesday that he is resigning from defending the president as of this moment, considering that there has been “a rupture of the constitutional order” in the Andean country.

The representative of Peru before the Organization of American States (OAS), Harold Forsyth, resigned this Wednesday from his position due to the decision of the president of his country, Pedro Castillo

With an evident tremor in his hands, he announced that he also dictates “to convene in the shortest term elections for a new Congress with constituent faculties to elaborate a new Constitution in a period not exceeding 9 months. From the date and until Once the new Congress is established, it will be governed by decree law,” Castillo said this Wednesday in a message to the Peruvian Nation.