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In their latest effort to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, opposition lawmakers filed an impeachment motion against him on Tuesday. It is the second formal attempt to recall the left-wing leader, and it comes on the same day that his last Cabinet is seeking a confirmation vote from the legislature.
The impeachment motion alleges that Peru’s president, Pedro Castillo, is morally unfit to lead the country. The legislators who presented it cited 20 accusations against the president’s management, including a testimony that publicly accused him of corruption.
The delivery of the document was announced by far-right legislator Jorge Montoya, from the Popular Renovation party, who promoted this measure since last week.
The Peruvian legislative power is made up of a chamber of 130 legislators and Montoya affirmed that the motion has the signature of 50 of them, all from different political tendencies. The congressman added that, once the process begins, they hope to obtain the 52 votes required by law so that the impeachment request is admitted to debate and vote by the plenary.
Montoya also specified that, until now, his party’s initiative does not have the support of legislators from the centrist Popular Action party, the liberal Purple Party, the independents of Democratic Peru, the leftist Together for Peru, the ruling Free Peru and only one of the right-wing Podemos.
Another congressman from Renovación Popular, Alejandro Muñante, said that his party is committed “to carrying out this motion because we believe it is an alternative to get out of the political crisis in which we find ourselves.”
But Congress still faces an uphill battle to remove Castillo, as 87 votes will be needed.
An earlier impeachment attempt in December failed to get enough votes to be admitted.
If the most recent request is approved, Castillo or his defense attorney will have to appear before the plenary session in the next few days to answer for the accusations against him, just as then-president Martín Vizcarra did in November 2020, who was finally dismissed.
Pedro Castillo and Congress: a relationship full of conflicts
In the latest polls, the approval of Castillo by Peruvians was below 30%.
Since taking office in July, his presidency has been plagued by scandal and political instability. The president has passed through four different cabinets and his previous prime minister lasted only a few days, before resigning over allegations of domestic violence.
This new motion was delivered on the same day that the last Cabinet of Ministers chaired by the jurist Aníbal Torres will be presented before the plenary session of Parliament, to present the policy of his administration and request a vote of confidence.
If this confirmation is not obtained, Castillo will be forced to replace Torres and appoint a fifth Cabinet. The investiture of this new ministerial team needs 66 votes in favor.
From the moment the Peruvian president won the controversial elections in June 2021, many political analysts had warned of the obstacles and challenges that he would have to face in office.
However, after appointing his fourth cabinet in just eight months in office, many Peruvians are increasingly losing patience with the president’s difficulties in governing.
Castillo faces numerous challenges, but his biggest obstacle is his troubled relationship with Congress.
A member of a Marxist-Leninist party, Castillo has become more pragmatic over time, appointing conservatives to some ministries and a technocrat to the key finance ministry.
Despite this, the hostility between the Executive and the Legislative does not dissipate and the president has to deal with an increasingly harsh opposition, which raises fears that his governance prospects are bleak.
EFE and Reuters
First modification:
In their latest effort to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, opposition lawmakers filed an impeachment motion against him on Tuesday. It is the second formal attempt to recall the left-wing leader, and it comes on the same day that his last Cabinet is seeking a confirmation vote from the legislature.
The impeachment motion alleges that Peru’s president, Pedro Castillo, is morally unfit to lead the country. The legislators who presented it cited 20 accusations against the president’s management, including a testimony that publicly accused him of corruption.
The delivery of the document was announced by far-right legislator Jorge Montoya, from the Popular Renovation party, who promoted this measure since last week.
The Peruvian legislative power is made up of a chamber of 130 legislators and Montoya affirmed that the motion has the signature of 50 of them, all from different political tendencies. The congressman added that, once the process begins, they hope to obtain the 52 votes required by law so that the impeachment request is admitted to debate and vote by the plenary.
Montoya also specified that, until now, his party’s initiative does not have the support of legislators from the centrist Popular Action party, the liberal Purple Party, the independents of Democratic Peru, the leftist Together for Peru, the ruling Free Peru and only one of the right-wing Podemos.
Another congressman from Renovación Popular, Alejandro Muñante, said that his party is committed “to carrying out this motion because we believe it is an alternative to get out of the political crisis in which we find ourselves.”
But Congress still faces an uphill battle to remove Castillo, as 87 votes will be needed.
An earlier impeachment attempt in December failed to get enough votes to be admitted.
If the most recent request is approved, Castillo or his defense attorney will have to appear before the plenary session in the next few days to answer for the accusations against him, just as then-president Martín Vizcarra did in November 2020, who was finally dismissed.
Pedro Castillo and Congress: a relationship full of conflicts
In the latest polls, the approval of Castillo by Peruvians was below 30%.
Since taking office in July, his presidency has been plagued by scandal and political instability. The president has passed through four different cabinets and his previous prime minister lasted only a few days, before resigning over allegations of domestic violence.
This new motion was delivered on the same day that the last Cabinet of Ministers chaired by the jurist Aníbal Torres will be presented before the plenary session of Parliament, to present the policy of his administration and request a vote of confidence.
If this confirmation is not obtained, Castillo will be forced to replace Torres and appoint a fifth Cabinet. The investiture of this new ministerial team needs 66 votes in favor.
From the moment the Peruvian president won the controversial elections in June 2021, many political analysts had warned of the obstacles and challenges that he would have to face in office.
However, after appointing his fourth cabinet in just eight months in office, many Peruvians are increasingly losing patience with the president’s difficulties in governing.
Castillo faces numerous challenges, but his biggest obstacle is his troubled relationship with Congress.
A member of a Marxist-Leninist party, Castillo has become more pragmatic over time, appointing conservatives to some ministries and a technocrat to the key finance ministry.
Despite this, the hostility between the Executive and the Legislative does not dissipate and the president has to deal with an increasingly harsh opposition, which raises fears that his governance prospects are bleak.
EFE and Reuters
First modification:
In their latest effort to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, opposition lawmakers filed an impeachment motion against him on Tuesday. It is the second formal attempt to recall the left-wing leader, and it comes on the same day that his last Cabinet is seeking a confirmation vote from the legislature.
The impeachment motion alleges that Peru’s president, Pedro Castillo, is morally unfit to lead the country. The legislators who presented it cited 20 accusations against the president’s management, including a testimony that publicly accused him of corruption.
The delivery of the document was announced by far-right legislator Jorge Montoya, from the Popular Renovation party, who promoted this measure since last week.
The Peruvian legislative power is made up of a chamber of 130 legislators and Montoya affirmed that the motion has the signature of 50 of them, all from different political tendencies. The congressman added that, once the process begins, they hope to obtain the 52 votes required by law so that the impeachment request is admitted to debate and vote by the plenary.
Montoya also specified that, until now, his party’s initiative does not have the support of legislators from the centrist Popular Action party, the liberal Purple Party, the independents of Democratic Peru, the leftist Together for Peru, the ruling Free Peru and only one of the right-wing Podemos.
Another congressman from Renovación Popular, Alejandro Muñante, said that his party is committed “to carrying out this motion because we believe it is an alternative to get out of the political crisis in which we find ourselves.”
But Congress still faces an uphill battle to remove Castillo, as 87 votes will be needed.
An earlier impeachment attempt in December failed to get enough votes to be admitted.
If the most recent request is approved, Castillo or his defense attorney will have to appear before the plenary session in the next few days to answer for the accusations against him, just as then-president Martín Vizcarra did in November 2020, who was finally dismissed.
Pedro Castillo and Congress: a relationship full of conflicts
In the latest polls, the approval of Castillo by Peruvians was below 30%.
Since taking office in July, his presidency has been plagued by scandal and political instability. The president has passed through four different cabinets and his previous prime minister lasted only a few days, before resigning over allegations of domestic violence.
This new motion was delivered on the same day that the last Cabinet of Ministers chaired by the jurist Aníbal Torres will be presented before the plenary session of Parliament, to present the policy of his administration and request a vote of confidence.
If this confirmation is not obtained, Castillo will be forced to replace Torres and appoint a fifth Cabinet. The investiture of this new ministerial team needs 66 votes in favor.
From the moment the Peruvian president won the controversial elections in June 2021, many political analysts had warned of the obstacles and challenges that he would have to face in office.
However, after appointing his fourth cabinet in just eight months in office, many Peruvians are increasingly losing patience with the president’s difficulties in governing.
Castillo faces numerous challenges, but his biggest obstacle is his troubled relationship with Congress.
A member of a Marxist-Leninist party, Castillo has become more pragmatic over time, appointing conservatives to some ministries and a technocrat to the key finance ministry.
Despite this, the hostility between the Executive and the Legislative does not dissipate and the president has to deal with an increasingly harsh opposition, which raises fears that his governance prospects are bleak.
EFE and Reuters
First modification:
In their latest effort to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, opposition lawmakers filed an impeachment motion against him on Tuesday. It is the second formal attempt to recall the left-wing leader, and it comes on the same day that his last Cabinet is seeking a confirmation vote from the legislature.
The impeachment motion alleges that Peru’s president, Pedro Castillo, is morally unfit to lead the country. The legislators who presented it cited 20 accusations against the president’s management, including a testimony that publicly accused him of corruption.
The delivery of the document was announced by far-right legislator Jorge Montoya, from the Popular Renovation party, who promoted this measure since last week.
The Peruvian legislative power is made up of a chamber of 130 legislators and Montoya affirmed that the motion has the signature of 50 of them, all from different political tendencies. The congressman added that, once the process begins, they hope to obtain the 52 votes required by law so that the impeachment request is admitted to debate and vote by the plenary.
Montoya also specified that, until now, his party’s initiative does not have the support of legislators from the centrist Popular Action party, the liberal Purple Party, the independents of Democratic Peru, the leftist Together for Peru, the ruling Free Peru and only one of the right-wing Podemos.
Another congressman from Renovación Popular, Alejandro Muñante, said that his party is committed “to carrying out this motion because we believe it is an alternative to get out of the political crisis in which we find ourselves.”
But Congress still faces an uphill battle to remove Castillo, as 87 votes will be needed.
An earlier impeachment attempt in December failed to get enough votes to be admitted.
If the most recent request is approved, Castillo or his defense attorney will have to appear before the plenary session in the next few days to answer for the accusations against him, just as then-president Martín Vizcarra did in November 2020, who was finally dismissed.
Pedro Castillo and Congress: a relationship full of conflicts
In the latest polls, the approval of Castillo by Peruvians was below 30%.
Since taking office in July, his presidency has been plagued by scandal and political instability. The president has passed through four different cabinets and his previous prime minister lasted only a few days, before resigning over allegations of domestic violence.
This new motion was delivered on the same day that the last Cabinet of Ministers chaired by the jurist Aníbal Torres will be presented before the plenary session of Parliament, to present the policy of his administration and request a vote of confidence.
If this confirmation is not obtained, Castillo will be forced to replace Torres and appoint a fifth Cabinet. The investiture of this new ministerial team needs 66 votes in favor.
From the moment the Peruvian president won the controversial elections in June 2021, many political analysts had warned of the obstacles and challenges that he would have to face in office.
However, after appointing his fourth cabinet in just eight months in office, many Peruvians are increasingly losing patience with the president’s difficulties in governing.
Castillo faces numerous challenges, but his biggest obstacle is his troubled relationship with Congress.
A member of a Marxist-Leninist party, Castillo has become more pragmatic over time, appointing conservatives to some ministries and a technocrat to the key finance ministry.
Despite this, the hostility between the Executive and the Legislative does not dissipate and the president has to deal with an increasingly harsh opposition, which raises fears that his governance prospects are bleak.
EFE and Reuters
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