Perú dispatch: Congress ousts President Dina Boluarte amid crime surge and political turmoil

On October 10, Dina Boluarte Medina, then serving as President of Perú, was removed from office after the Congress of the Republic approved a presidential vacancy motion accusing her of moral “incapacity” amid a deepening crisis of organized crime and insecurity across the country.

The removal began on October 9, when various groups of legislators submitted four separate vacancy motions —Nos. 19769, 19770, 19771, and 19772—supported by different parliamentary blocs. Congress admitted the motions on the same day, following the debate in a semi-presential session, during which it was agreed that the vote would take place that same night at 11:30 p.m.

In accordance with Congress’s Constitutional framework and regulations, Dina Boluarte Medina was summoned to exercise her right to defens