Lawmakers voted Wednesday to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, hours after he declared that he was dissolving Congress and would rule the nation by decree.
LIMA, Peru — Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Wednesday, hours after he declared that he was dissolving congress and would rule the nation by decree.
Peru’s single-chamber congress voted 101 to 6 to impeach Castillo for “moral incapacity” and declared the presidency vacant. Under the constitution, Vice President Dina Boluarte succeeds him. She had earlier denounced him.“I reject Pedro Castillo’s decision to break the constitutional order by closing the congress,” Boluarte tweeted.
“In line with the citizens’ claim throughout the country, we have made the decision to establish a government of exception oriented toward setting the rule of law and democracy,” he said. He also declared a nightly curfew.
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