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Lime: The Peruvian parliament dismissed President Martín Vizcarra on Monday, alleging “moral impotence”, based on accusations that in 2014, when he was still governor of the state, he received bribes from real estate developers.
At the end of a parliamentary trial that lasted several hours, members of Congress voted on a memorandum to impeach the president, with 105 members supporting it compared to 19 who opposed it, while four members abstained from voting, noting that the approval of the memorandum needed only 87 votes.
According to the constitution, the president of Parliament, Manuel Merino, will assume the functions of acting president of the republic until the end of the presidential term on July 28, 2021.
At the end of the voting process, Merino said: “The decision to declare the presidency of the Republic vacant was approved.”
He added that Vizcarra, who became former president, would be immediately informed of this decision.
Vizcarra was fired after 32 months in the presidency, although he still enjoyed a record level of popularity.
A first attempt to impeach Vizcarra failed after a vote in Parliament on September 18.
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