Peru: Congress to hold session on impeachment of interim president Jeri

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Peru’s Congress has secured the 78 required signatures to convene an extraordinary plenary session, despite being in recess, to debate and vote on six motions seeking the removal of interim president Jose Jeri. The initiative is supported by right‑wing parties Alianza para el Progreso and Podemos Peru. Jeri, who assumed the presidency as head of Congress, faces accusations of irregular business dealings and secret ties with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang, currently under investigation for alleged involvement in illegal logging in the Amazon.    #teleSUREnglish #Peru #Congress #JoséJerí #Impeachment #Politics #Amazon #Corruption

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00:00In other news, Peru's Congress decided to hold an extraordinary plenary session to debate and vote on the six motions

00:06to remove interim President José Herí from office.

00:09Two right-wing parties in the Peruvian Congress, Alianza para el Progreso and Podemos Peru, supported the motion presented in

00:16relation to the President of the Congress in charge of the presidency of the Republic, José Herí.

00:21Congress is currently in recess. However, 78 signatures are required to convene an extraordinary plenary session, which has already been

00:29achieved following the signatures collected on Wednesday.

00:32The interim President is accused of maintaining alleged irregular business dealings and secret relations with the Chinese businessman Xi Hua

00:40Yang, who is under investigation for allegedly belonging to a mafia involving illegal logging in the Peruvian Amazon.

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