It is a call for resignation, which expresses the parliament’s wish for the president to resign, but it is not binding, that is, it does not force Pedro Castillo to resign. It is a political gesture with more symbolic value than real effecthighlighted the portal of the Lima newspaper La República.
The motion was voted on 10 days after radical right-wing opponents in Congress failed in their attempt to remove Castillo from office in a lightning impeachment trial, getting only 55 votes out of the 87 needed.
The motions of “presidential vacancy” have become customary in Peru and caused the fall of the presidents Peter Paul Kuczynski (right) in 2018 and Martin Vizcarra (center) in 2020. Since December 2017, Congress has debated six such initiatives.
Political tension is growing in Peru, which seems to be headed for a new crisis. Since Monday, inhabitants upset by the rise in fuel and food prices have unleashed protests in Lima, Ica and other regions, the first that Pedro Castillo facesa 52-year-old rural teacher, since he took office eight months ago.
In response to the protests, the president unexpectedly decreed a daytime curfew on Tuesday in Lima and the neighboring port of Callao, which together are home to 10 million people, almost a third of the Peruvian population.
The curfew was repudiated by large sectors of the population and triggered new protests in Lima demanding his resignation.
At least 6 people died in ten days of protests, as a result of clashes with the police.
Source: Ambito
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