US EditionPeru's President José Jerí Impeached Four Months Into Office
Jerí was impeached by a 75-24 congressional vote for undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessmen amid ongoing political instability in Peru.
- On Wednesday, Peru's Congress voted 75 to 24 to impeach interim President José Jerí four months into his term, citing his failure to disclose meetings with Chinese businessmen.
- Last month, videos emerged showing Jerí meeting several times off his official schedule with businessman Zhihua Yang, prompting local media to report security-camera footage that triggered scrutiny of Yang.
- Security footage shows Jerí wearing a hooded top during a late-night restaurant visit and meeting with a Chinese national under house arrest, local media reported.
- His removal makes him the third consecutive president to be ousted after he replaced former leader Dina Boluarte, and Peru's Congress will vote on Wednesday for its next interim president before the general election in April.
- This ouster highlights that Jerí was Peru's seventh president since 2016, and footage implicated Zhihua Yang, who was granted a state concession for an energy project.
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Peru’s Congress removes acting president José Jerí
Peru’s Congress voted to remove acting President José Jerí from office, approving multiple censure motions against him, according to local media reports. The vote took place Tuesday during an extraordinary plenary session in Lima, where lawmakers approved a procedural motion to skip debate and proceed directly to a final vote. The censure motion passed 75 to 24, with three abstentions. The decision requires the immediate election of a new presid…
The ousted transitional president of Peru, José Jerí, left the Government Palace of Lima during the night of Tuesday after having been removed by the Congress of his country.
By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español. In a matter of hours, the political blocs in Peru's Congress made their moves and presented four candidates following the removal on Tuesday of interim president José Jerí, who had assumed office just four months earlier and lost a censure motion against him. Whoever is elected will preside over Congress and assume the interim presidency, becoming the eighth president in a decade marked by political instabili…
Seven presidents in just under ten years: the political situation in Peru remains uneasy. Why the parliament has deposed José Jerí and what the Members criticise.
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