Vice President Dina Boulwart was sworn in as head of the country after the dismissal and arrest of Pedro Castillo.

Peru is in the grip of a deep political crisis. Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was under arrest at a police base in Lima Thursday, December 8, a day after he was sacked and arrested during a rollercoaster day as his vice president, Dina Boloart, invested in the country’s helm.

The third impeachment measure won the left-wing president. Pedro Castillo tried his luck by announcing the dissolution of the Parliament he was trying to bring down, a maneuver that qualified instantly “coup” by many characters.

“moral impotence”

Pedro Castillo came to power in July 2021 “put under arrest”, Attorney General Marietta Barreto announced. Footage showed the isolated head of state sitting on a chair surrounded by the Public Prosecution and the police.

According to Peruvian media, Pedro Castillo was transferred by helicopter to a police special forces base in Lima, where he is expected to be held for a maximum of 15 days. The prosecution also searched the presidential palace on Wednesday evening. Separate it from “moral inability”, Broadcast live on television, it was approved by 101 out of 130 parliamentarians, including 80 in the opposition.

In a last-minute attempt to save his position, the ex-president announced the dissolution of parliament just hours before it convened to decide its fate. He also announced the establishment of a “Exceptional emergency government” and I want “to call for a new Congress to be convened as soon as possible with constituent powers”. A maneuver that was ignored by Parliament and widely condemned by the political class.

Dina Polwart in power until “July 2026”

According to the police, after his attempt at dissolution failed, Pedro Castillo intended to turn to the Mexican embassy and ask for asylum, but was arrested before. Today there was a revolution in the purest style of the twentieth century. The President of the Constitutional Court, Francisco Morales, denounced it “No one owes obedience to a usurping government.”

During an inauguration ceremony in front of Parliament where she carried the presidential mantle to become the first woman to hold the presidency of Peru, Dina Boloart also reiterated that there is “He staged a coup attempt promoted by Pedro Castillo. “I suppose [e pouvoir] According to the Peruvian constitution, from this moment on “ and even “July 2026”, When Pedro Castillo’s term was going to end, said the 60-year-old lawyer from the same Marxist-inspired party (Free Peru) as him.

Pedro Castillo had already evaded two impeachment motions “moral impotence”. Procedure who previously overthrew the two current presidents, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (right) in 2018 and Martin Vizcarra (center) in 2020. He was accused, in particular, of repeating ministerial crises and of forming four governments in eight months, an unprecedented event in Peru.