Peru's 8th President in 10 Years Removed from Office
Lawmakers convened in an extraordinary session despite being in official recess, ultimately delivering a decisive 75-24 verdict in favor of censure, with three abstentions. The motion drew support from an unlikely coalition of leftist opposition figures and right-wing party blocs, united in their assertion that Jeri lacked "functional suitability" to steer the country through a critical electoral transition now just two months away.
Jeri, who assumed power last October after Dina Boluarte was removed from office, became the eighth individual to serve as Peru's head of state within a single decade — a sobering milestone that underscores the country's deepening governance crisis.
His downfall was accelerated by a pair of active corruption investigations. The more damaging of the two involved leaked surveillance footage showing Jeri arriving covertly at a Lima restaurant well past midnight to meet Zhihua Yang, a Chinese businessman whose firm had recently received government authorization for a major hydroelectric project. The encounter was notably absent from the official presidential schedule, and Jeri appeared in the footage wearing a hooded sweatshirt — widely interpreted as an attempt to conceal his identity. Public anger over the clandestine nature of the meeting swiftly mounted.
A second investigation followed a report by local media revealing that five women with close ties to Jeri had held late-night meetings in his private office, sometimes extending until midnight — after which all five women were awarded lucrative government contracts.
Jeri has rejected both allegations, framing the prosecutorial scrutiny as a "destabilization plot" engineered by political adversaries. Despite his denials, his approval ratings deteriorated sharply in the weeks preceding Tuesday's vote.
Fernando Rospigliosi, the sitting congressional president, announced that lawmakers would reconvene Wednesday to elect a successor who will govern until a newly elected administration is inaugurated following the upcoming national vote.
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