[News] Vice-President Takes Office in Peru After Castillo’s Dismissal

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Vice-President Takes Office in Peru After Castillo’s DismissalDecember 7,
2022
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"I swear by God, by the Homeland, and by all Peruvians, that I will
faithfully exercise the office of President of the Republic, which I assume
in accordance with the Political Constitution of Peru," said Boluarte, the
first woman to hold the highest office of this Andean nation in its history.


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The new president took the oath of office in the Legislative seat and in
the presence of the parliamentarians and then addressed a brief speech to
the country, broadcasted by national media.

"I request a political truce to install a government of national unity;
this responsibility must be assumed by all. I request a deadline to rescue
our country from corruption. My first measure will be to confront
corruption in all its treacherous dimensions", said the president.

After the speech, Boluarte left the Congress towards the Government Palace,
the seat of the Executive.

On Wednesday afternoon, the plenary removed Castillo from office by
applying article 113 of the Constitution, which establishes that the
president can be removed from office for "permanent moral incapacity" to
exercise it.

In a nationally televised message in the morning, the former head of state
announced the dissolution of the Congress and the establishment of a
"government of exception."

He also announced to summon "in the shortest term elections for a new
Congress with constituent faculties to elaborate a new Constitution in a
term no longer than nine months from this date."

This Wednesday, Castillo was to face an impeachment request to be voted in
Congress and promoted by a group of opposition parliamentarians on the
grounds of permanent moral incapacity.

Castillo took the measure of force without the support of any State
institution, including the Armed Forces.

According to the law, the person in charge of succeeding the ousted
president was Vice President Boluarte, who rejected the actions taken by
the former president.

Castillo is currently detained in a police station in Lima; it is still
unknown what measures will be taken by the judicial authorities regarding
his attempt to close the parliament.
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