The second Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Dina Boluartecalled on the opposition to join forces with the Executive and continue working for the problems of the country, and in this way end the attempts to remove President Pedro Castillo, after the last Monday, March 28, the vacancy motion against the president did not prosper.
“The vacancy agenda cannot further affect the political stability that we all seek. Now we have a new opportunity to turn our work to national interests, the opposition and the government together. It is vital to understand each other and overcome the confrontation”, he published in a tweet.
After 11:00 p.m., the Parliament voted to decide if Castle Lumps continued in office or was removed. The union of the block votes of the caucus of Free Peru, Together for Peru and Democratic Peru were those that determined the permanence of the head of state.
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The motion needed 87 votes (out of 130) to be approved, but it only obtained 55 in favor, 54 against and 19 abstentions, for which it was rejected.
This is the second vacancy motion filed against peter castlebut the first to be debated in plenary.
Castillo greeted failure of vacancy motion
President peter castle welcomed that the majority of Congress decided not to support the presidential vacancy motion against him and called on parliamentarians to work together, for the benefit of the country.
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“I salute that good sense, responsibility and democracy prevailed. I recognize the parliamentarians who voted against the vacancy, and I respect the decision of those who did. I call on everyone to close this page and work together for the country’s great challenges, ”Castillo Terrones wrote on his Twitter account.
