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🚨 #LOÚLTIMO: El presidente Pedro Castillo anunció su decisión de disolver el Congreso e instaurar un gobierno de emergencia excepcional, y convocar en el más breve plazo elecciones congresales para elaborar una nueva Constitución. pic.twitter.com/5jzM9LCm8F— Exitosa Noticias (@exitosape) December 7, 2022

Apparently Pedro Castillo has decided to dissolve congress amidst parliamentary sessions regarding Castillo's resignation. It's no secret that Castillo's presidency has been bombarded by no-confidence motions since day one, with a virtually paralized congress, Castillo has been cornered and moved towards dissolving congress, however the peruvian congress has decided to ignore the coup and is moving forward with deciding Castillo's resignation. Also Castillo's initiative to form a new constitutional congress has no popular supoport. Peru Libre's leader Vladimir Cerrón has called Castillo's coup a "precipitated" decision. Seems like it's over for Castillo, I don't see his presidency surviving this one.

edit: rumor on the grapevine is that Castillo is seeking refuge on Mexico's embassy.

edit edit: Castillo has been arrested by Lima police. VP Dina Boluarte will succeed Castillo.

  • mittens [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Seems like Castillo won't get the support of the armed forces. They're sticking close to the constitutional word here (https://twitter.com/CCFFAA_PERU/status/1600558807167381510), and claiming that Castillo needs two no-confidence votes before declaring a congress dissolution, which he doesn't have. It's super over. What has he thinking

    • Redcuban1959 [any]
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      2 years ago

      President Castillo has been arrested following a legislative coup by Peru's majority right-wing congress.

      rip, should have gone full far-left when he was elected. Same shit could happen to Boric. :deeper-sadness:

      • mittens [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I was going to reply in the other comment that I don't see how he'll get to leave the country as an exile to Mexico. The circumstances are super weird to me still, like why was Castillo shaking so much in his statement. I'm not exaggerating when I say Castillo had been navigating between possible impeachements his entire term, even Cerrón seemed surprised, what was so different this time around?

        • Redcuban1959 [any]
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          2 years ago

          My guess, the armed forces forced him to do this. So they could put the fujimorists/neoliberals in power.

          It's a shame really, i saw some pro-castillo protests in lima on tv, but nothing big enough to do something.

          • mittens [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            This also comes as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was also found guilty of corruption. Just massive losses for the pink wave all around.