Who is Peru’s President Pedro Castillo?

HE Peruvian professor Pedro Castillo Terrones, 53, was elected President of Peru in July 2021.???????? As a union leader, he gained national fame after leading a nearly three-month teachers’ strike in 2017 and demanding a pay rise. He ran for the left-wing Peruvian Livre party and promised to increase teachers’ salaries.

Castillo, who has a Catholic, evangelical wife and children, takes a more conservative stance – he refuses to legalize abortion and claims that it is not a priority on the agenda of the LGBTI+ population and does not recognize gender and sexual rights for this population.

Today (7), Castillo announced the dissolution of the National Convention and formed an “extraordinary emergency government” to call for new elections and subsequently amend the country’s constitution. Peruvian newspapers action coup attempt????????

Soon, Congress approved Castillo’s impeachment—101 votes in favor, six against, and ten abstentions. This is the third attempt by opposition lawmakers to impeach them in 16 months.

On November 29, more than 60 of the 130 members of the Peruvian Congress demanded the impeachment of the president, alleging “moral incompetence”.

What did the Peruvian President say?

In a video shared on social media, Castillo accused Congress of using powers to prevent him from running???????? He said that the deputies destroyed “the rule of law, democracy, separation of powers” in order to “overthrow the executive and establish a parliamentary dictatorship”.

“The most extreme political opponents are uniting to prevent the government from seizing power before it wins the elections. This intolerable situation cannot continue,” the president said.

What do Peru’s political leaders say?

Former presidential candidate and right-wing opposition leader Keiko Fujimori described the move as a “hopeless coup” by Castillo. Fujimori is already being investigated for corruption.

Peru’s former president, Martín Vizcarra, classified the measure as a “coup”. martin He assured that the Peruvians “will not allow this attack on democracy”. The former president was in a scandal during his government as he was vaccinated against covid-19 before the vaccine was approved by local health officials. He agreed, but denied that he was behaving erratically.

The Peruvian Congress is facing huge popularity due to corruption scandals. According to opinion polls, parliamentary disapproval reaches 86% of the population. The president is also rejected by Peruvians as high as 70% and faces corruption charges involving family members and allied politicians.