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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (BBC Mundo) Neither Pedro Castillo nor Keiko Fujimori, the two rivals for the presidency in the second round, will hold a sufficient majority in Congress for a smooth relationship with the Legislative.
The saga of disputes began with the Congress and the Executive elected in 2016. During his administration, Parliament lodged two impeachment motions against then president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), and forced his resignation in March 2018, amid accusations of allegedly receiving bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
In the last five years, clashes between Congress and the Executive have marked Peruvian politics. (Photo internet reproduction)
PPK’s successor, Martin Vizcarra, dissolved Congress in September 2019 and called for parliamentary elections. The new Congress elected in January 2020 lodged two impeachment motions against Vizcarra: they rejected the first one and finally approved the second one. Vizcarra left the Government Pala