The Government of the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, is hanging by a thread after the majority of the political forces that supported her permanence in office for more than two years indicated that this Thursday a request for a vacancy (dismissal) should be debated and voted on due to her alleged “permanent moral incapacity” to face the onslaught of organized crime in the country.
The final straw was the attack with firearms by unknown persons that one of the most popular cumbia music groups in the country suffered during Sunday night, while presenting a concert at a Peruvian Army facility in Lima.
This attack, which left four members of the Agua Marina group and a vendor injured, ignited the protests like wildfire and generated rejection of what was considered inaction by the Executive to solve the increase in crime, which affects all social sectors of the country.
From Fujimorism to leftism
Faced with popular pressure, the parties, mostly conservative, that ensured the permanence of the ruler in office, met urgently and gradually communicated their support for the dismissal, which was first proposed by the ultra-conservative Renovación Popular party, of the mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga.
From the Fuerza Popular party, of political leader Keiko Fujimori, to Alianza Para el Progreso, of regional governor César Acuña, they reported their decision to support the end of Boluarte’s mandate.
López Aliaga, Fujimori and Acuña also appear as businessman José Luna, from the right-wing Podemos Peru party, as candidates to be presidential candidates in the 2026 elections.
Other right-wing groups such as Acción Popular (AP) and Avanza País also joined in, as did the left-wing and independent groups, which presented their own motions for the dismissal of the ruler, who took office on December 7, 2022, after the attempted coup d’état by Pedro Castillo, of which she was his vice president.
When explaining their decision, the spokespersons for the groups used terms such as “uselessness” and “incapacity” of the Government, as well as the need to act “for the good of the country” to implement a change of direction that allows imposing strict actions to combat the advance of crime.
The dismissal procedure
According to projections by analysts and local media, support for the impeachment is so overwhelming that it can reach more than 120 of the 130 legislators in the Peruvian unicameral Congress.
The parliamentary procedure indicates that the groups must first agree on the terms of the final motion to be presented, after which this approach must be voted on to determine if it is accepted for debate.
If this measure proceeds, the president of Congress, the conservative José Jerí, must summon Boluarte to appear, or send his legal defense, before the plenary session, within a maximum period of three days.
After this procedure, which can be accelerated if it has the vote of 104 legislators, the debate will begin and a vote will be taken to decide whether to approve the dismissal, which requires 87 parliamentary votes.
If this action is carried out, Boluarte will become the fifth Peruvian president since 2016 who will leave office without completing her term of government, since Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020), Manuel Merino (2020-2020) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2022).
With information from EFE.
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