(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Peru’s Congress is eyeing presidential elections in 2021 amid turmoil created by the impeachment of President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo owing to corruption allegations.
Peru’s Congress approved Vizcarra’s vacancy in a special session on 9 November 2020 in what it deemed in an official statement as a “democratic and absolutely constitutional” process.
Congressional President Manuel Merino De Lama has assumed the presidency, according to Peru’s constitution.
The Andean country is slated to hold elections on 11 April 2021 with a government slated to assume power on 28 July, the congressional statement said.
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