The Congress of the republic will debate and vote on the presidential vacancy motion once morest President Pedro Castillo on Monday, March 28following the parliamentary majority (76 votes) approved admitting to debate the request to remove the head of statewhich is promoted by the Popular Renewal bench.
According to him Congress Rulesin its article 89-A, subparagraph c), “the President of the Republic whose vacancy is the subject of the request may personally exercise his right of defense or be assisted by a lawyer, for up to sixty minutes.” President Castillo has already confirmed that he will attend Parliament.
“Next week we will be in Congress to answer what the Government wants to make believe. This week, today and tomorrow, there is a devastating campaign once morest the Government, releasing some messages, montages, some audios and some videos, so that this press makes believe. I am sure that Congress will not fall for that.” said the dignitary last Thursday 24 from Puno.
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Why will Congress vote for the presidential vacancy?
The Congress He approved admitting the presidential vacancy to debate so that the president responds for the accusations once morest him. According to the motion, Castle Lumps He is questioned for the contradictions he has expressed regarding the tax investigations linked to him, as well as for having appointed questioned ministers.
He is also accused of having a ‘shadow cabinet’, for the comments he made regarding a possible exit to the sea for Bolivia through popular consultation, for his unofficial meetings in Breña’s house, for having admitted that he had not prepared himself to be President, for the statements that Karelim López has had as an aspiring effective collaborator, among other issues.
How many votes are needed to vacate Pedro Castillo?
Pursuant to article 89-A, paragraph d), of the Legislative Regulation, “the agreement that declares the vacancy of the presidency of the Republic, for the reasons provided for in paragraph 2) of article 113 of the Constitution (permanent moral or physical incapacity, declared by Parliament), requires a qualified vote of no less than 2/3 of the legal number of members of Congress”; that is, 87 votes.
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What is moral incapacity?
Permanent moral incapacity is not regulated in a law or in the Regulations of Congress or in the Political Constitution of Peru. According to an article by Abraham García published in the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights (Idehpucp) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), the Legislature has used this figure “in a broad ethical sense, without any provision regarding its limits.” . That is to say, “any reprehensible behavior in ethical terms can very well be redirected into a permanent moral incapacity”.
In the same article, García mentions that “Professor César Valega García pointed out, in his Executive Power classes at the PUCP Law School, that the concept of ‘moral incapacity’, which appeared in the 1939 letter, was understood in the 19th century as ‘mental incapacity’”.
However, the author adds that “permanent moral incapacity might also admit a restricted moral sense, linked to ethically reprehensible behaviors of such gravity and flagrantness that they make it manifestly impossible for the President of the Republic to remain in office.”
