{"id":1405181,"date":"2022-03-28T15:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405181"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:30:23","slug":"perus-castillo-to-face-impeachment-vote-in-congress-that-could-oust-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perus-castillo-to-face-impeachment-vote-in-congress-that-could-oust-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru\u2019s Castillo to face impeachment vote in Congress that could oust him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fperus-castillo-to-face-impeachment-vote-in-congress-that-could-oust-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-28T184837Z_1_LYNXNPEI2R0YZ_RTROPTP_0_PERU-IMPEACHMENT_1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Peru&#039;s President Pedro Castillo waves as he walks a day after lawmakers voted to start an impeachment process against him, in Lima\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Peru&#8217;s President Pedro Castillo waves as he walks a day after lawmakers voted to start an impeachment process against him, in Lima, Peru March 15, 2022. REUTERS\/Sebastian Castaneda\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 28, 2022<\/p>\n<p>By Marco Aquino<\/p>\n<p>LIMA (Reuters) \u2013     Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is facing an impeachment vote in Congress that could see the center-left leader ousted just eight months after taking office, a result which would tip the world\u2019s no. 2 copper-producing nation into a fresh political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo, a former teacher from a peasant farming family who shot to prominence when he narrowly won election last year, is set to face lawmakers in the unicameral legislature on Monday, ahead of a vote likely to take place after midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Congress voted to impeach Castillo earlier in March over allegations of graft. Castillo denies the allegations and blames them on economic groups seeking a \u201ccoup\u201d against his government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been democratically elected and in that regard we are not going to disappoint. I hope that this page will be closed today,\u201d Castillo told state television on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment vote remains balanced slightly in Castillo\u2019s favor, despite a plummeting approval poll rating. The vote to start proceedings gained 76 supporters out of a total 130 seats. To dismiss Castillo lawmakers would need 87 votes in favor.<\/p>\n<p>In signs of the pressure Castillo is facing, prosecutors earlier in the day raided the homes of his former officials and relatives under investigation for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, protesters took to the streets in Lima, the capital, calling for Castillo to be voted out of office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople can\u2019t take it anymore. We are fed up, the people demand justice and all the corrupt people to be gone,\u201d said one protester, Claudia Iriarte.<\/p>\n<p>The Andean country has had five presidents since 2016. In 2018, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned before an impeachment vote. Mart\u00edn Vizcarra was impeached in 2020. Lawmakers tried unsuccessfully to impeach Castillo in December.<\/p>\n<p>There were signs, however, that the bid to remove Castillo could be losing steam amid doubts from opposition lawmakers in the highly fragmented Congress, which is expected to hear Castillo\u2019s defense at 3 p.m. local time (2000 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur conviction is that presidential impeachment is the solution to our nation\u2019s problems,\u201d said Lourdes Flores, a lawyer and politician who supports the bid. \u201cThe ball is in Congress\u2019 court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Leslie Adler)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Peru&#8217;s President Pedro Castillo waves as he walks a day after lawmakers voted to start an impeachment process against him, in Lima, Peru March 15, 2022. 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