Peruvian President Pedro Castillo gained breathing room on Tuesday after Congress voted against a motion to impeach him amid protests in capital city Lima both for and against the under-fire leftist leader.
Peru s Parliament Tuesday declined to open an impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo Terrones after a group of rightwing lawmakers had sought to declare him as “permanently moral incapacitated.”
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters supporting and opposing Peruvian President Pedro Castillo congregated around Congress in capital Lima ahead of a vote on Tuesday on whether to impeach the under-fire leftist president. Peruvian lawmakers will vote on whether to begin impeachment proceeding for moral incapacity, though the chances appear slim of ousting Castillo, who has been battling crises as his popularity wanes months into his administration. Castillo s own party, the Marxist Peru Libre, had at one point considered supporting the motion, though on Monday rallied behind the president despite clashing with him over policy and called the attempt a right-wing coup. We want him to keep working, said María Lázaro Cornelio, a protester supporting Castillo, a former school teacher who came to office in July pledging major social change. We want him to keep his word on things that he has promised us. Another protester, who gave her name as Jacky, said she wanted Casti
Peru s President Pedro Castillo Terrones has appointed Carlos Jaico as Secretary of the Government Palace to replace Bruno Pacheco, who was forced to resign amid a series of corruption scandals for which he is now under investigation.
Just a couple of days after Peru s President Pedro Castillo Terrones lost support from his Marxist Peru Libre party, which decided not to support his new cabinet, press reports have come out indicating former Bolivian President Evo Morales s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has set foot into the country and even has established its headquarters in Cusco.