Political leader warns that Peru could enter a "leper circle" 3:09
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With 68 votes in favor, 56 against and 1 abstention, the Peruvian Congress granted the vote of confidence to the ministerial cabinet chaired by Mirtha Vásquez this Thursday night.
It was a tight result, although a simple majority was needed, that is, half plus one of the 127 congressmen present, for the Confidence Question to be approved.
Shortly after, President Pedro Castillo wrote on Twitter: "With the vote of confidence granted by Congress we will continue to fight tirelessly for the changes that the people need."
Official votes against the Peruvian cabinet
Part of the official bench voted against Vásquez.
Of the 37 congressmen from Peru Libre, 16 denied the proposal, among them Guido Bellido, former president of the first Council of Ministers of Pedro Castillo.
Other political organizations also voted divided, but Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori's party, spoke out against it as a single bloc.
Mirtha Vásquez (C) leaves the Peruvian Congress during the parliamentary session on November 4, 2021. (Photo by Leonardo Fernández / Getty Images)
Vasquez will remain in charge of the cabinet amid criticism of the Castillo government.
In just over three months in office, this is the president's second cabinet.
The first, led by Guido Bellido, marked the beginning of the marches against his presidency.
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Weeks ago the ruling party said that it would not give the vote of confidence to the cabinet headed by Vásquez because it represented a "political turn" by the government towards "center-rightism."
During the plenary session on Thursday, Hernando Guerra García, from Fuerza Popular, said: "We do not have a government, we have the misrule of Pedro Castillo", and referred to the cabinet of Mirtha Vásquez as a "patched cabinet", in allusion to the appointment made, hours before the vote in Congress, of the new Minister of the Interior, Avelino Guillén, who replaced Luis Barranzuela.
The latter resigned on Tuesday after it was made public that he had held a social gathering at his home despite being prohibited by law due to the pandemic.
Barranzuela said that it was a work meeting.