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Peruvian Socialist President Pedro Castillo struck a blow on Wednesday by temporarily dissolving Congress and installing a national emergency government, hours before parliament was due to debate a motion to remove him from office. post of head of state.
“We took the decision to establish an exceptional government, aimed at restoring the rule of law and democracy. The following measures are dictated: temporarily dissolve the Congress of the Republic and install an exceptional emergency government,” said the Peruvian president on open television during the announcement.
In the same communiqué, Castillo called for new elections for Congress, in addition to drafting a new Constitution within a maximum period of nine months. To date, the country will be governed by presidential decrees.
The leftist president had announced on Tuesday (6) that those who promote the political process against him want to “dynamit democracy and ignore the right to choose” of Peruvians, in addition to wanting to “take advantage and take the power that the people took from them at the polls”.
It was the third attempted vacancy motion (the equivalent of impeachment proceedings) against President Pedro Castillo and the fifth against an incumbent president in the past five years.
Since 2016, Peru has had five presidents, including Pedro Castillo, elected for the presidential term from 2021 to 2026. In 2018, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski faced a vacancy motion, but resigned before the impeachment vote.
layoffs in government
After the announcement, resignation requests were made, among them Minister Kurt Burneo, from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. He said Castillo violated the rule of law.
“Having violated the rule of law and in line with my democratic principles, I present my irrevocable resignation as Minister of Economy and Finance”, continued the minister.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cesar Landa, also announced his departure. He said Castillo’s position does not align with democratic and constitutional values.
“In strict adherence to my democratic and constitutional convictions and values, I decided to irrevocably resign as Minister of Foreign Affairs, in light of President Castillo’s decision to close the Congress of the Republic, in violation of the Constitution”, he pointed out.
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