(VOVWORLD) - Peru’s Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo on Wednesday, with 101 votes in favor, 6 votes against, and 10 abstentions, climaxing the worst political in more than 2 decades.
 President Pedro Castillo is ousted. Photo: AFP |
The Peruvian National Police then arrested President Castillo and former PM Anibal Torres.
Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in as interim President a few hours after Castillo was deposed, becoming the first female President in the history of Peru.
Castillo had attempted to dissolve Congress, form an emergency government, and hold new legislative elections, in what Peru’s constitutional tribunal described as a ‘coup’.