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The impeachment trial (known in Peru as a vacancy motion) against President Martín Vizcarra is taking place in the plenary session of Congress. This, after the Constitutional Court (TC) rejected a request from the Executive to paralyze the process.
A group of congressmen accuse the ruler of “moral incapacity” and call for his removal. He allegedly concealed or lied about his participation in the irregular hiring of singer Richard “Swing” Cisneros at the Ministry of Culture. “I do not come, I have not done it before and I am not going to do it now,” announced Vizcarra at the beginning of his downloads. “I did not commit any illegal act,” he added.
How many votes are required?
According to the Constitution of that country and the Congress regulations, 87 votes are needed in favor of the 130 congressmen to approve the removal of a head of state. Three of the nine political banks that operate have assured that they will vote in favor of the vacancy. While the remaining six announced, price today, that they would expect the defense of President Vizacarra to say.
Until the close of this edition, the vote was not yet taken in the Peruvian Congress.
President @MartinVizcarraC He accompanies his lawyer, Roberto Pereira Chumbe, to the exterior of the Government Palace, who will be in charge of his legal defense in the vacancy process that will be held in Congress.
Live: https://t.co/RZNlbI3DVi– Presidency Peru (@presidenciaperu) September 18, 2020
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