Peru plunged into political upheaval as Congress ousts President Vizcarra

  • 11/9/2020
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peru’s Congress ousted President Martín Vizcarra on Monday in an impeachment vote over corruption allegations, prompting immediate tensions in the Andean nation.Vizcarra said he would accept the Congress vote and not take any legal action and leave the presidential palace. Head of Congress, Manuel Merino, an agronomist and businessman from the minority Popular Action, is expected to assume the presidency on Tuesday and will remain in office until the end of July 2021, when Vizcarra’s term was due to expire. Merino called for calm after the vote and assured Peruvians that the April 11 presidential election would go on as planned. “It is already announced,” he said about the election in an interview with the local station América Televisión.

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