Peru: President Pedro Castillo narrowly avoids a new impeachment procedure

The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, traveling to Ecuador avoided a new impeachment procedure that the opposition planned to launch.

AP - Guadalupe Pardo

Text by: RFI Follow

1 min

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was forced to rush back from Ecuador by car on Friday, April 29.

If he hadn't reached the border before midnight, he would have run the risk of being deposed.

Advertisement

Read more

The Head of State was traveling to the town of Loja, 264 kilometers from the Peruvian border, to chair a binational Council of Ministers.

He was supposed to fly home, but weather conditions prevented him.

The opposition had planned to launch a dismissal procedure for " 

 " against

if he failed to reach Peru before midnight.

The Peruvian Parliament gave the Head of State only 24 hours for his visit to Ecuador.

The latter finally reached the Tumbes post at the border, just one hour before the deadline.

If this had not been the case, it would have violated the Peruvian Constitution which states that the president cannot “ 

 ”.

Castillo in the face of opposition hostility and protests

Since coming to power barely nine months ago, Pedro Castillo has suffered hostility from the opposition, the majority in the Peruvian Parliament.

He has already suffered two attempts at dismissal, the last dating back to the end of March last when the country is in crisis.

Faced with the

that are multiplying in his country, Pedro Castillo is now up against the wall.

On April 23, he announced a referendum bill for or against a change in the Peruvian constitution.

► 

Newsletter

Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox

I subscribe

Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application

google-play-badge_FR

• Peru

• Pedro Castillo

• Economic crisis