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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress voted Tuesday to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations, unleashing a new wave of political instability just weeks before the country’s presidential and legislative elections in April.
Jerí is under preliminary investigation for corruption and influence peddling, stemming from a series of undisclosed meetings with two Chinese executives.
With 75 votes in favor, 24 against and 3 abstentions, Peru’s legislature voted to remove Jerí from the position he had assumed on October 10 when his predecessor Dina Boluarte was removed from office as a wave of crime gripped the country.
Jerí’s ouster is the latest chapter in a protracted political crisis in a country that has had seven presidents since 2016 and is about to hold a general election amid widespread public outcry over rising violent crime.
Lawmakers will elect a new president from among their members to govern until July 28, when the interim leader will hand over the position to the winner of the April 12 presidential election. Jerí will return to his position as legislator until July 28, when the new Congress also takes office.
A vote on the interim leader will be held on Wednesday after lawmakers register their candidates.
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The accusations against Jerí arose from a leaked report about a clandestine meeting in December with two Chinese executives. One of the attendees has active government contracts, while the other is currently under investigation for alleged involvement in an illegal logging operation.
Jerí has denied any wrongdoing. He said he met with executives to organize a Peruvian-Chinese holiday, but his opponents accused him of corruption.
Despite changes in presidents, Peru’s economy has remained stable. The Andean nation had a public debt-to-gross domestic product ratio of 32% in 2024, one of the lowest in Latin America, and the government has welcomed foreign investment in areas such as mining and infrastructure.
As Peru heads into this year’s general election, Rafael López Aliaga, a conservative businessman and former mayor of Lima, leads a large field that also includes Keiko Fujimori, a well-known former legislator whose father was president of Peru in the 1990s. If neither candidate wins 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two main contenders will be held in June.
Peruvian lawmakers have gained increasing influence over the country’s executive branch over the past decade, using corruption investigations to remove presidents who have struggled to build majorities in Congress.
A clause in Peru’s Constitution that allows for the removal of presidents if they are deemed “morally incapable” of leading the country has been interpreted broadly by lawmakers and has been used several times to remove presidents.
Boluarte, Jerí’s predecessor, lasted almost three years in office and survived violent protests in which police killed dozens of protesters. But she was ultimately removed on grounds of moral incapacity, with lawmakers citing the high crime rate and corruption scandals.
Pedro Castillo, a leftist union leader who won the 2021 presidential election, was ousted by lawmakers in late 2022 after he tried to dissolve Congress to bypass anti-corruption procedures. Last year Castillo was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to overthrow the nation’s institutions.
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