Peruvian President Pedro Castillo ordered the dissolution of parliament on Wednesday, hours before a session scheduled to consider a motion to impeach him, and announced the creation of an “impeachment”.emergency government“.
In the address to the people from the Government House, the left-wing president said.temporarily dissolve the Assembly of the Republic and establish an extraordinary emergency government“, As well as “convene a new Congress with constituent powers as soon as possible“.
He also announced.convene a new Congress as soon as possible with constituent powers to draft a new Constitution within a period not exceeding nine months;“. “This intolerable situation cannot continue and that is why, in response to the demands of the citizens… we have decided to form an emergency government to restore the rule of law and democracy;– he said before detailing the measures taken.
Before the establishment of the new parliament.the government will be governed by decreePresident Castillo continued by declaring:Nationwide curfew starting todaybetween 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.
“The judicial system, the judicial system, the public ministry, the national council of justice, the constitutional court are announced in the reorganization.“, he announced, asking:all persons possessing illegal weapons“that”hand over to the national police within 72 hours“.
National Policewill devote all its efforts to a real and effective fight against crime, corruption and drug trafficking, for which it will be provided with the necessary resources;“He continued, calling on civil society institutions.”support these decisions that will allow us to put our country on the path of development“.
“Suicide”
“President Pedro Castillo made a coup. He violated Article 117 of the Peruvian Constitution and is illegal. It’s self-sabotage“, independent political analyst Augusto Alvarez responded to AFP.
“It’s a failed coup, Peru wants to live in a democracy“, the President of the Constitutional Court, Francisco Morales, assessed on RPP radio. “No one is obliged to obey usurping power“, he added. Peru’s right-wing parliament was due to discuss a new motion to impeach him on Wednesday.permanent moral incapacity“.
A hearing on this motion was scheduled for 3:00 p.m. (20:00 GMT). To impeach him, the bill would have to receive at least 87 votes out of 130 in parliament. The opposition had about 80. Mr. Castillo has already avoided two similar motions, the last of which was in March 2022.
At that time, the opposition accused him of interfering in the case of alleged corruption carried out by his entourage and “betrayalannouncing that he was open to a referendum on access to the Pacific Ocean for neighboring landlocked Bolivia. He also blames him for repeated ministerial crises and the formation of four governments in eight months, which is an unprecedented fact in Armenia. Peru.
At the time, it was the sixth impeachment motion in the Peruvian parliament.moral incompetenceAgainst the incumbent since 2017, after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (right) in 2018 and Martin Vizcarra (center) in 2020. Mr. Vizcarra’s dismissal sparked violent protests that left two dead and hundreds injured. His departure resulted in Peru having three presidents in five days.
Source: Le Figaro
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