Peru’s newly sworn-in President Jose Jeri began efforts on Friday to form a fresh government, aiming to ease growing public frustration over rising crime and corruption as the country heads towards elections next year.

Jeri is now pulling together his 19-member cabinet, two sources at his office told Reuters, a critical test in his efforts to form a consensus cabinet to calm a volatile nation.

Ousted Overnight

The 38-year-old took office after his predecessor, Dina Boluarte , was ousted in an overnight congressional session. Congress voted to remove the deeply unpopular leader for “moral incapacity” after mounting public anger and protests over a surge in crime that has seen extortion and murders skyrocket.

Public anger came to a head after one of the country’s most popular cumbia ba

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