Overview

• Lawmakers voted 122 of 130 to remove Dina Boluarte for “permanent moral incapacity” after she failed to appear before Congress to defend her record.
• Congress speaker José Jerí, 38, took the oath through constitutional succession and pledged to serve until the July 2026 handover following the April 12, 2026 vote.
• Jerí declared “war on crime,” vowing immediate action against extortion gangs and contract killings with the National Police and Armed Forces.
• A machine‑gun attack on a cumbia band in Lima crystallized outrage over rising violence, with reported extortion cases jumping from 2,396 in 2023 to 15,336 in 2024 and homicides rising.
• Boluarte left office with a 96% disapproval rating per Ipsos and says she will not seek asylum as prosecutors pursue probes, while Jerí faces previously shelved allegations he denies and Peru prepares for new demonstrations.