First impeachment of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
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Outcome | Failed |
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The first impeachment process against
The impeachment request was rejected by the congress on 21 December 2017, for failing to obtain sufficient votes for the deposition.[2]
Background
Prior to the beginning of the process to remove him from office, President Kuczynski was accused by the congressional opposition of lying about receiving bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, as he had initially denied receiving any payments at all from them, but later admitted that he had in fact been receiving payments to a firm he owned, Westfield Capital Ltd, while continuing to deny any irregularities in those payments.[1] A number of other Latin American politicians had previously also been implicated in similar accusations of part-taking in financial irregularities involving Odebrecht, including Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, former Peruvian presidents Alan García, Alejandro Toledo and Ollanta Humala, as well as Keiko Fujimori, chairwoman of the party Popular Force and daughter of the former president Alberto Fujimori, and whom Kuczynski had narrowly defeated in the 2016 general election.
Upon the initiation of impeachment proceedings Congress president
Vote in the Congress of the Republic
Partisan makeup of the Congress of the Republic (16 December 2017)
Party/Coalition | Seats | Position | Ideology |
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Popular Force | 71 | Opposition | Right-wing |
Peruvians for Change | 18 | Government | Centre-right |
Broad Front | 10 | Opposition | Left-wing |
New Peru | 10 | Opposition | Left-wing |
Alliance for Progress | 9 | Opposition | Centre-right |
Popular Action | 5 | Supporting government | Centre/Centre-right |
Peruvian Aprista Party
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5 | Opposition | Centre-left |
Independents
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2 | Supporting government | - |
Government total (with support) | 25 | ||
Opposition total | 105 |
Vote on removing Congress of the Republic[4]
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Ballot | 21 December 2017 | |
Absentees | 12 / 130
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Required majority | 87 out of 130 (two thirds of the legal number of congressmen) | |
Yes | 78 / 130
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No | 19 / 130
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Abstentions | 21 / 130
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Sources: Congress of the Republic |
See also
- President of Peru
- Congress of Peru
- Impeachment trial
- List of impeachments of heads of state
- Alberto Fujimori
- Second impeachment and resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
- First impeachment process against Martín Vizcarra
- Removal of Martín Vizcarra
References
- ^ a b "Peru's leader faces impeachment". Bbc.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Lawmakers who helped Peru president survive impeachment bid say democracy won". Efe.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Peru's leader resists pressure to resign". Bbc.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Congreso rechaza moción de vacancia presidencial contra PPK [FOTOS]". Perú.21. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.