Peruvian President Arrested by Police

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was detained by police after announcing the provisional dissolution of Congress and the call for new parliamentary elections, local media reported. He is being detained at the Lima city hall.

State Attorney General Daniel Soria filed a criminal complaint against Castillo “for alleged crimes of rioting, abuse of power and gravely disturbing the public peace.”

In a video shared on social media, Castillo on the left accuses Congress of using powers to prevent him from running???????? The announcement came hours before he faced a new situation. Attempt to impeach opposition MPs at 16 months.

Parliament will vote today on the third impeachment process against Castillo for “moral incompetence”, a maneuver that has toppled two former presidents since 2018: martin Vizcarra and Pedro Pablo kuczynski???????? At least 87 of the 130 Peruvian deputies would have to support the motion to remove Castillo from the presidency.

At least four Peruvian ministers resigned after Castillo’s statement. alejandro Salas (Culture and Work), Félix chero (Human Rights), Wolf Borneo (Economics and Finance) and César Landa (Foreign Relations).

Castillo came to power in July last year, defeating the far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori. Since then, he has been the target of parliamentary motions and inquiries several times trying to overthrow him, but the politician has managed to undo the measures in plenary votes. The Peruvian president’s announcement comes 30 years after former President Alberto Fujimori’s self-inflicted coup (1990-2000) that dissolved Congress on April 5, 1992.

“Congress destroyed the rule of law, democracy, separation of powers, replaced the Constitution with ordinary laws in order to abolish 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,” he said.

we decide […] To temporarily dissolve the Congress of the Republic and establish an exceptional government of emergency Pedro Castillo, President of Peru

Peruvians protest

In front of the Congress center in the capital Lima, Peruvians who are against and for the government protested. A live broadcast from the front of the Legislative Palace by Reuters news agency shows demonstrators surrounded by shield-armed police singing hymns and waving flags.

Another group of protesters is protesting Castillo in front of Lima’s city hall, where officials are meeting to confront the crisis.