After years of official corruption and chaos, half of Peruvians no longer 'support' democracy. At her abrupt swearing-in ceremony as Peru’s seventh president in as many years, Dina Boluarte called for an end to the relentless political warring.
LIMA, Peru — At her abrupt swearing-in ceremony as Peru’s seventh president in as many years, Dina Boluarte called for an end to the relentless political warring that has undermined this nation’s governability for much of the last decade.Repeated clashes between successive governments and cohorts of lawmakers have allowed a range of grave social problems — widespread hunger, the world’s deadliest per capita covid-19 outbreak, systemic graft at all levels of government — to spin out of control.
Boluarte succeeds her former leftist ally, Pedro Castillo, who was impeached and arrested Wednesday after he attempted to shut congress down and rule by decree to avoid being ousted on corruption charges.Peru’s first female president in 200 years of independence said she would appoint a broad-based “government of national unity.” She sought to distance herself from what she called Castillo’s “shameful acts of larceny” and called for a “political truce.
It will depend in large part on the dexterity with which she handles the enormous challenge of putting Peru back on the rails, but also on the degree to which lawmakers intend to see out their own five-year terms, which run until July 2026. If Boluarte were forced out, the constitution would require new elections.
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