LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s congress on Tuesday rejected a motion from leftist political parties to begin impeachment hearings against President Dina Boluarte on charges relating to the deaths of anti-government protesters.
Thirty-seven lawmakers voted in support of the motion to remove Boluarte for “moral incapacity,” coming short of the 52 votes needed to move the political trial forward in the 130-seat legislature. Sixty-four lawmakers voted to reject the motion.
(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Isabel Woodford)
