Vacancy due to moral incapacity (Peru)

The Impeachment of the Presidency of the Republic of Peru by declaration of permanent moral incapacity is one of the cases of vacancy of the Head of State contemplated in article 113 of the Constitution of Peru, whose origin dates back to the Political Constitution of Peru of 1839.[1]

The process is different from an impeachment (contemplated in article 99 of the Constitution only for the offenses established in article 117), since it occurs from a declaration of the Congress of the Republic, which, if approved, creates a power vacuum, for which the legal succession proceeds. Said declaration of moral incapacity, regulated as Political Control in the Regulations of the Congress of the Republic, is considered by the Peruvian constitutional doctrine as a political trial sui generis.[2] More recently, the broad scope of the procedure has given the Congress of Peru power over the executive branch, allowing the legislature to remove the president without cause.[3][4]

  1. ^ Lionel Bardales del Aguila (2022). "Análisis interpretativo sobre la vacancia presidencial por incapacidad moral en el Perú". Revista Científica Ratio Iure. 2 (1): e276. doi:10.51252/rcri.v2i1.276.
  2. ^ García Belaunde (2022) [2018]. El juicio político en la encrucijada. Vacancia y renuncia presidencial en el Perú.
  3. ^ Asensio, Raúl; Camacho, Gabriela; González, Natalia; Grompone, Romeo; Pajuelo Teves, Ramón; Peña Jimenez, Omayra; Moscoso, Macarena; Vásquez, Yerel; Sosa Villagarcia, Paolo (August 2021). El Profe: Cómo Pedro Castillo se convirtió en presidente del Perú y qué pasará a continuación (in Spanish) (1 ed.). Lima, Peru: Institute of Peruvian Studies. p. 92. ISBN 978-612-326-084-2. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ Taj, Mitra (2021-12-07). "'Too many mistakes': Peru's president threatened with impeachment after shaky start". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-12-13.