Overview

• Lawmakers voted 122 of 130 to remove Dina Boluarte for “permanent moral incapacity,” elevating 38-year-old José Jerí of Somos Perú to serve temporarily.
• Street demonstrations led by youth and joined by transport workers continued in Lima and beyond, and police used water cannon and tear gas, with at least 19 injuries reported.
• A surge in extortion and violent crime helped drive the political rupture, highlighted by a concert shooting that seriously wounded five members of the band Agua Marina.
• Boluarte’s approval had sunk to roughly 2–4 percent, and with her immunity lifted, prosecutors can advance corruption probes including the so-called Rolex-Gate and cases tied to earlier crackdowns.
• Jerí vowed to wage war on crime but enters office under his own cloud, facing allegations of rape and bribery, as new national elections are scheduled for April 2026.