00:00Moving on to the topics, the Peruvian Congress removed unelected President José Heri from office
00:04after he was involved in a series of scandals and accused of influence peddling.
00:08In an extraordinary plenarization, parliamentarians approved Heri's dismissal,
00:13with 75 votes in favor, 24 against, and 3 abstentions.
00:16Congress took this step after admitting the seven motions of censure to debate
00:20and then unifying them into one to facilitate the vote.
00:24In the meantime, Fujimori supporters and other forces tried to obstruct the process,
00:28arguing that Heri should be removed by a motion of vacancy and not by censure,
00:32but the plenary rejected the request.
00:35Also, the first vice president in charge of the presidency of parliament, Fernando Rospigliosi,
00:40announced that the position of president of the country is vacant.
00:5075 congressmen have voted in favor, 24 against, and 3 abstentions.
01:03Congressmen, the motions of censure to the president of the congress of the republic,
01:08in charge of the presidency of the republic,
01:12Mr. José Enrique Heri Orr, have been approved,
01:18having approved the motions of censure to the president of the congress of the republic,
01:23in charge of the presidency of the republic,
01:27Mr. José Enrique Heri Orr,
01:30the executive board declares the vacancy of the position of president of the congress of the republic,
01:39and, consequently, the vacancy of the position of president of the republic.
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