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Bunge la Peru limeanza taratibu za kumfungulia mashtaka Rais Martín Vizcarra anayetuhumiwa kujaribu kuzuia Uchunguzi wa Ufisadi
Hatua hiyo imeungwa mkono kwa kura 65-36 na Wabunge wanatarajia kujadili ikiwa Rais Vizcarra (57) anapaswa kuondolewa madarakani kwa ukosefu wa maadili wiki ijayo
Rais huyo pia anatuhumiwa kutumia vibaya fedha za umma na kujaribu kuficha kitendo hicho. Hata hivyo, amekana mashtaka yote na kulishutumu Bunge kwa kuanzisha mapinduzi ya kisiasa
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Peru's Congress has started impeachment proceedings against President Martín Vizcarra who is accused of trying to obstruct a corruption investigation.
The move was backed in a 65-36 vote. Lawmakers are expected to debate next week whether Mr Vizcarra should be removed for "moral incapacity".
He is accused of misusing public funds and then trying to cover this up.
Mr Vizcarra, aged 57, denies any wrongdoing and accuses Congress of staging a political coup.
What's the case about?
Friday's session of Congress was called after the head of Congress, Manuel Merino, was given leaked audio recordings in which Mr Vizcarra appears to discuss ways of covering up the alleged misuse of public funds.
The recordings are of conversations between Mr Vizcarra and government aides.
He is heard telling aides to downplay details of his office's hiring of a little-known singer, Richard Cisneros, to deliver pro-government motivational talks. Cisneros was reportedly paid $49,500 (£38,000).
The opposition accuses the presidency of wasting resources when ordinary Peruvians face economic hardship from the coronavirus crisis.
More than 30,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Peru, which has one of the highest death rates in the world.
How has the president responded?
President Vizcarra, who took power in 2018, denies all the allegations.
Earlier on Friday, he described attempts to remove him as "a plot to destabilise his government".
In September 2019, Mr Vizcarra dissolved Congress, arguing that lawmakers were obstructing his anti-corruption agenda.
No party won an overall majority in the elections that followed in January.
BBC
Hatua hiyo imeungwa mkono kwa kura 65-36 na Wabunge wanatarajia kujadili ikiwa Rais Vizcarra (57) anapaswa kuondolewa madarakani kwa ukosefu wa maadili wiki ijayo
Rais huyo pia anatuhumiwa kutumia vibaya fedha za umma na kujaribu kuficha kitendo hicho. Hata hivyo, amekana mashtaka yote na kulishutumu Bunge kwa kuanzisha mapinduzi ya kisiasa
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Peru's Congress has started impeachment proceedings against President Martín Vizcarra who is accused of trying to obstruct a corruption investigation.
The move was backed in a 65-36 vote. Lawmakers are expected to debate next week whether Mr Vizcarra should be removed for "moral incapacity".
He is accused of misusing public funds and then trying to cover this up.
Mr Vizcarra, aged 57, denies any wrongdoing and accuses Congress of staging a political coup.
What's the case about?
Friday's session of Congress was called after the head of Congress, Manuel Merino, was given leaked audio recordings in which Mr Vizcarra appears to discuss ways of covering up the alleged misuse of public funds.
The recordings are of conversations between Mr Vizcarra and government aides.
He is heard telling aides to downplay details of his office's hiring of a little-known singer, Richard Cisneros, to deliver pro-government motivational talks. Cisneros was reportedly paid $49,500 (£38,000).
The opposition accuses the presidency of wasting resources when ordinary Peruvians face economic hardship from the coronavirus crisis.
More than 30,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Peru, which has one of the highest death rates in the world.
How has the president responded?
President Vizcarra, who took power in 2018, denies all the allegations.
Earlier on Friday, he described attempts to remove him as "a plot to destabilise his government".
In September 2019, Mr Vizcarra dissolved Congress, arguing that lawmakers were obstructing his anti-corruption agenda.
No party won an overall majority in the elections that followed in January.
BBC
