The former president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, reappeared publicly after being impeached in the early hours of Friday morning for “permanent moral incapacity” to lead the country, after the admission of four motions of vacancy in the Congress of that nation.

“I am at ease with my conscience,” said Boluarte, who is under an order from the National Prosecutor’s Office to prevent her from leaving the country.

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The former president gave statements on television from her residence and denied any attempt to seek asylum in another country. Currently, she is being investigated for the alleged crimes of negotiation incompatible with her position and money laundering.

“Since this morning it has been indicated, through the media, that he was not found or that he had sought asylum. None of it is true, I am at home,” he commented.

In his appearance, He assured that he will be in the country and denied the charges against him.

Peru’s Congress unanimously approved the vacancy of President Dina Boluarte in the early hours of Friday morning, with 122 votes.

The legislators argued that their inability to combat citizen insecurity and manage the social crisis marks a new chapter in the intense political instability that the South American country is going through.

The plenary session was activated after 11 p.m. on Thursday, to pronounce itself in favor of the motion of vacancy against the president-designate Dina Boluarte Zegarra, an appeal admitted with 109 votes in favor, one against and no abstentions.

Shortly after, she was removed from office in the same way as her predecessor, constitutional President Pedro Castillo, in December 2022.

In fact, the appointed Head of State for the transition, José Jerí, until then head of Congress, became the seventh president to take office in the last nine years, in a succession marked by political instability.

Among the presidents are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016–2018), Martín Vizcarra (2018–2020), Manuel Merino (2020), Francisco Sagasti (2020–2021), Pedro Castillo (2021–2022) and finally, Dina Boluarte, several of whom are facing judicial proceedings for alleged acts of corruption

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