A shooting at a concert in Peru’s capital may prove to be the undoing of Dina Boluarte’s presidency as it laid bare the steep rise in crime that her country has experienced in recent years.
Lawmakers on Thursday, just hours after the shooting, submitted to Parliament five requests for a vote to remove Boluarte from office over what they argued is her government’s inability to stem crime across the South American country. Unlike eight previous attempts to remove her, almost all legislative factions expressed support for the requests.
Each petition now requires 56 votes from the 130-member unicameral Parliament to open a debate. A measure then needs 87 votes to remove Boluarte, who took office in December 2022 after Parliament used the same mechanism to impeach her predecessor.
