Peru: Parliament rejects impeachment motion against president

The Peruvian Parliament on Tuesday rejected the debating of a motion for impeachment for "

" against President Dina Boluarte for the repression of recent anti-government demonstrations which left around fifty people dead.

Only 37 deputies voted in favor, while a minimum of 50 votes was required.

The initiative was carried by left-wing deputies linked to former President Pedro Castillo, deposed for "

" and imprisoned in December, accused of having attempted a coup d'etat by wanting to dissolve the Parliament which was preparing to oust him from power.

The President welcomes the decision

On Twitter, the Peruvian president welcomed the decision of the Parliament, welcoming that "

".

The fall of Mr. Castillo and his replacement by Mrs. Boluarte, his former vice-president, provoked a wave of violent and harshly repressed demonstrations across the country.

On January 10, the Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation against Ms. Boluarte and several ministers and former ministers of her government, for alleged offenses of "

" during law enforcement operations.

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"Moral incapacity"

Amnesty International, in a report in mid-February, accused the Peruvian government of “

”.

According to the NGO, the authorities also acted "

".

The Peruvian government has categorically denied these accusations.

The impeachment motions for "

" brought by the unicameral Peruvian Parliament are recurrent.

Pedro Castillo (left) in 2022 but also Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (right) in 2018 and Martin Vizcarra (center) in 2020 had been targeted by these procedures.