Pedro Castillo was elected last year, representing the Marxist Peru Libre party, however he himself is a conservative politician.
Friction between him and the leadership of Peru Libre led him to leave the party earlier this year, and to appoint more right-wing ministers.
The far-right, led by Keiko Fujimori and her Fuerza Popular party, has made repeated attempts at removing Castillo from office.
Today, a third impeachment attempt was to begin in the Peruvian Congress, however Castillo announced that he would dissolve Congress, set new elections for September 2023, and rule by decree until then.
This move was rejected by all state institutions of Peru; Congress impeached him, and the police arrested him.
According to a Peruvian friend a lot of it was just plain racism and discrimination due to him not being from the capital Lima. Just didn’t want an indigenous man from outside the capital ruling over them.
From what I’ve seen, she’s your average liberal. She only successfully got into politics with her election as VP.
As for Castillo appointing more right-wing ministers; there’s a difference between him doing that, and far-right forces destabilising the country, so they’ll have an easier time taking control.
@kig_v2@TheKanzler
“El 23 de enero de 2022, durante una entrevista con La República, Boluarte afirmó que nunca abrazó la ideología del Perú Libre. Posteriormente, el secretario general del partido, Vladimir Cerrón, expulsó a Boluarte de Perú Libre y publicó en Twitter: “Siempre leales, traidores nunca”. Cerrón también afirmó que el comentario de Boluarte amenazaba la unidad del partido”
From Wikipedia.
From my understanding:
Pedro Castillo was elected last year, representing the Marxist Peru Libre party, however he himself is a conservative politician.
Friction between him and the leadership of Peru Libre led him to leave the party earlier this year, and to appoint more right-wing ministers.
The far-right, led by Keiko Fujimori and her Fuerza Popular party, has made repeated attempts at removing Castillo from office.
Today, a third impeachment attempt was to begin in the Peruvian Congress, however Castillo announced that he would dissolve Congress, set new elections for September 2023, and rule by decree until then.
This move was rejected by all state institutions of Peru; Congress impeached him, and the police arrested him.
He was replaced by the First VP, Dina Boluarte.
good to know
How is Dina? If he was cozying up to the right wing, why did they want to remove him?
According to a Peruvian friend a lot of it was just plain racism and discrimination due to him not being from the capital Lima. Just didn’t want an indigenous man from outside the capital ruling over them.
Fascists shooting themselves in the foot instead of rational realpolitik exhibit 83716385959 lol. Thanks for the info!
From what I’ve seen, she’s your average liberal. She only successfully got into politics with her election as VP.
As for Castillo appointing more right-wing ministers; there’s a difference between him doing that, and far-right forces destabilising the country, so they’ll have an easier time taking control.
Hm, makes sense. Thanks for all the info!
@kig_v2 @TheKanzler
“El 23 de enero de 2022, durante una entrevista con La República, Boluarte afirmó que nunca abrazó la ideología del Perú Libre. Posteriormente, el secretario general del partido, Vladimir Cerrón, expulsó a Boluarte de Perú Libre y publicó en Twitter: “Siempre leales, traidores nunca”. Cerrón también afirmó que el comentario de Boluarte amenazaba la unidad del partido”
From Wikipedia.