Peruvian parliamentarian Edward Malaga has filed this Tuesday a motion of censure against the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, for his «moral incapacity» to remain in office in what is already the third attempt to remove the president from office.
Malaga, a non-grouped deputy, had already advanced previously that the motion would be presented this week. The initiative has the signature of 67 opposition parliamentarians, from parties such as Avanza País or Somos Perú, although it will have to gather at least 87 supports to be approved, according to the newspaper ‘La República’.
The 102-page text argues Castillo’s incapacity due to the «increasingly evident links with serious acts of corruption», as well as the «irresponsible dismantling of the public administration and the clientelist takeover of State institutions».
Thus, the signatories affirm that there are «serious ethical faults that threaten the dignity of the presidential figure», including the violation of «the principles of separation and balance of powers» within the Legislative, as reported by RPP.
Peru is in the midst of a political crisis following disagreements between the branches of government, which have been frequent in recent months since Pedro Castillo was sworn in as president in July last year after winning the elections.
Tensions in the Peruvian Parliament have reached the point that last week the then Prime Minister, Anibal Torres, presented a question of confidence that was rejected by the chamber, after which he resigned and was replaced by Betssy Chavez, who became the fifth Prime Minister of Peru in the barely 16 months that Castillo has been at the helm of the Presidency.
