 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, along with his vice presidents, Martín Vizcarra and Mercedes Aráoz, speaks about the impeachment process against him. | |
| Date | 15–21 December 2017 |
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| Location | Peru |
| Participants | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Congress of Peru |
| Outcome | Failed |
| Peruvian political crisis |
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The first impeachment process against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, then the incumbent President of Peru since 2016, was initiated by the Congress of Peru on 15 December 2017. According to Luis Galarreta, the President of the Congress, the whole process of impeachment could have taken as little as a week to complete.[1] This event was part of the second stage of the political crisis generated by the confrontation between the Government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and the Congress, in which the opposition Popular Force had an absolute majority.
The impeachment request was rejected by the congress on 21 December 2017, for failing to obtain sufficient votes for the deposition.[2]
- ^ "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.