The Congress of Peru This Friday, he dismissed President Dina Boluarte in a lightning political trial motivated by the insecurity crisis. The until now head of the legislature became the head of the government.
José Jerí, a 38-year-old lawyer, took the oath of office early for a term that will run until July 2026, when Peru holds general elections in April.
Peru’s legislative swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country’s new president less than an hour after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte https://t.co/NEE2iKSuc9 pic.twitter.com/2lNc1YB4QC
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Without her own bench or popular support, the former president found herself cornered by scandals, protests and a wave of extortion and murders by organized crime never seen before in Peru.
After the removal, approved with the vote of 122 parliamentarians according to the final count of Congress, about a hundred people burst into joy in front of the Congress headquarters with a Peruvian flag, according to agencies such as AFP.
Boluarte refused to appear before the Congress that had summoned her on Thursday night to defend herself in the impeachment trial. His lawyer Juan Carlos Portugal alleged a lack of guarantees for “due process” due to the short time to prepare the defense.
Jerí will complete the mandate that Boluarte held since December 2022, when he took office due to the dismissal and imprisonment of former president Pedro Castillo.
Weeks of riots
In recent weeks, numerous young people led by the Generation Z collective staged demonstrations in Lima, which left dozens of people injured. On Monday, the Peruvian capital was semi-paralyzed by a mobilization of transporters.
Three days later, hitmen injured four musicians and a vendor during a concert in the south of Lima.
Three years in power
Boluarte took office on December 7, 2022, replacing the dismissed and imprisoned Pedro Castillo. From that moment, who had come to the Government under the banner of a radical left project headed by Castillo, decided to ally with the right-wing forces that control the Peruvian Legislature and that had put strong pressure on Castillo during his mandate, notes a report from EFE.
Thus, instead of calling new elections as requested by the massive protests that took place during the months following Castillo’s arrest and imprisonment, and which were harshly repressed with more than 50 deaths, Boluarte announced her intention to complete her mandate until July 28, 2026. With the support of these parties, she saved six previous motions to be removed from office.
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Added to this were the numerous investigations opened by the Prosecutor’s Office, for notorious cases such as ‘Rolexgate’, for allegedly having received luxury watches and other sumptuous gifts in exchange for favors, as well as for not having reported his temporary disability after undergoing a series of cosmetic surgeries and forging his signature during the time he was convalescing.
Despite the multiple investigations, the forces that dominate Congress always protected her from the complaints of the Prosecutor’s Office and even the Constitutional Court came to issue a controversial ruling that limits the Public Ministry’s possibilities of investigating the head of state.
Since 2016, the Andean country has had seven presidents: three removed by Congress, including Boluarte; two who resigned before suffering the same fate, one who completed his interim term and now Jerí.
