From the Congress of the republic the third vacancy motion is ready against the president peter castlewho is currently under investigation by the Public ministry for the alleged commission of various crimes of corruption.
The current initiative has been backed by opposition parliamentarians such as Charles Anderson, Edward Malaga (not grouped), Diego Bazan, adriana tudela (Advance Country), and Carol Walls (People’s Action).
As it is recalled, during the first year of the Castillo Terrones government, two vacancy motions have been debated. The first was promoted by Congresswoman Patricia Chirinos (Avanza País) and the second by a group of legislators from the Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular and Avanza País benches.
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First vacancy motion
The first vacancy motion was presented by Patricia Chirinos, who at that time was the third vice president of Parliament. The proposal, which was evaluated on December 8, 2021, was not even admitted to debate after it only reached 46 votes in favor, 4 abstentions and 76 against..
On that occasion, the congressmen of Peru Libre, Together for Peru, Purple Party, We Are Peru, Alliance for Progress, Popular Action and Podemos Peru formed the block that voted against the vacancy being discussed in plenary.
The vacancy motion promoted by Chirinos Venegas was based on the alleged illegal use of public funds of the Regional Government of Junín in the 2021 electoral campaign of Peru Libre, the appointment of high-ranking officials linked to terrorism and accused of advocating terrorism. In addition, the alleged influence peddling in promotions in the Armed Forces.
Second Vacancy Motion
The second vacancy motion against the head of state was presented by congressmen from the benches of People’s Force, People’s Renewal Y Country advances in March 2022 with 49 signatures.
On March 28, after several hours of debate, the initiative managed to get 55 votes in favor, 54 against and 19 abstentions.but for it to be approved, 87 votes in favor were necessary.
At that time, the Free Peru, Democratic Peru and Together for Peru groups voted as a block against the impeachment. Other benches such as Acción Popular, Alianza para el Progreso and Somos Perú voted dividedly.
Some of the arguments used to support this motion for vacancy due to moral incapacity were the alleged irregular promotions in the Armed Forces and the award of the Puente Tarata project to a company linked to the lobbyist Karelim López. In addition, the appointments within the Cabinet of Aníbal Torres with questioned minister were questioned.
