Congress approved the admission to the discussion of the petition for the nomination of the President against Pedro Castillo.

Plenary session Congress approved this Thursday with 73 votes in favour, 32 against and 6 abstentions the admission to the processing of the presidential vacancy against Pedro Castillo. The debate and final vote will take place next Wednesday, 7 December at 15:00.

The petition for the vacancy is the third filed against the head of state in less than a year and a half of his term. It was signed by congressmen from the bench Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular, Avanza País, Somos Perú and Alianza para el Progreso (APP), as well as representatives of other groups.

Congressmen approving admission to processing vacancyapproved by 58 votes in favor of changing the date of the presentation of the president Pedro Castillo with his protection plenary session of Parliament. In theory, it was supposed to take place on December 12, but it was remade on the 7th of the same month.

To approve the resignation of Pedro Castillo from the post of head of state in Parliament, 87 votes in favor are needed.. This figure corresponds to two-thirds of the total number of congressmen.

moral incompetence

President Pedro Castillo is facing a new request to be fired due to an alleged “permanent moral incapacity” to continue in office. According to this request, a 100+ page document promoted by Edward Malaga Trillo, “it is not acceptable for a president to hold office in the face of clear signs of corruption, serious humiliation, or moral and ethical issues.”

In this sense, it mentions accusations leveled against Castillo and his inner circle as alleged members of an alleged corrupt organization in the executive branch, and also mentions the “seizure and dissolution of the state apparatus through the appointment of high-ranking officials with serious questions.” .

That’s how it was in past moves

The first application for presidential vacancies was filed last November. because he only had 46 votes in favor, not discussed at the plenary session. (for this he needed 52 votes). second attempt moved on. This process took place in March of this year, and the proposal was accepted for discussion with 76 votes for. However, in the final discussion, the proposal received only 55 votes, far short of the required 87.

TS provides a measure of restraint

On the other hand, this Thursday the Plenum of the Constitutional Court issued a precautionary measure in favor of the Congress of the Republic while it decides whether or not to approve a jurisdictional action against the executive to interpret the issue of confidence.

“GIVE the requested precaution. SUSPEND any consequences that may arise as a result of the decision of the executive branch to interpret as a denial of confidence, mentioned in the minutes of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of November 24, 2022, without taking into account the effect of the first part of Article 134 of the Constitution, ”the part of the document issued by the Tax Code reads.