Overview

• Lawmakers removed Dina Boluarte on the grounds of permanent moral incapacity linked to escalating insecurity, days after a shooting at an Agua Marina concert, and she did not attend the session to defend herself.
• By constitutional succession, congressional president José Enrique Jerí Oré, 38, took the oath as caretaker head of state after an unsuccessful motion to censure the Mesa Directiva he led.
• In his first address, Jerí labeled criminal gangs the country's principal enemy and said the National Police and Armed Forces will drive a coordinated response.
• He pledged to guarantee the legality, transparency and neutrality of the 2026 elections, stating his mandate runs until 26 July 2026.
• Coverage cites an overwhelming vote to vacate, though reported tallies differ, and questions over legitimacy linger given Jerí’s previously archived sexual‑abuse complaint and the legislature’s cross‑bench dealmaking.