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      <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Vice-President Takes Office in Peru After Castillo’s Dismissal</h1>December 7, 2022</div>

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                                                <p>"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.</p>                                                 
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <blockquote> 
 <p><strong>RELATED:<br>  <a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Congress-Approves-Motion-of-Vacancy-Against-Pedro-Castillo-20221207-0012.html" target="_blank">Peru Congress Approves Motion of Vacancy Against Pedro Castillo</a></strong></p> 
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<p>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.</p>                                                 
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>"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.</p>                                                       
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>After the speech, Boluarte left the Congress towards the Government Palace, the seat of the Executive.</p>                                                       
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>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.</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>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."</p>                                                      
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>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."</p>                                                 
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>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.</p>                                                   
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Castillo took the measure of force without the support of any State institution, including the Armed Forces.</p>                                                 
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>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.</p>                                                    
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>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.</p>                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                        
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