Peru’s president urges Congress to bring forward general elections amid protests
by Reuters in Lima from World news | The Guardian on (#66YMF)
Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency after Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested
The Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, urged the country's Congress to pass a proposal to bring forward general elections in a news conference from the presidential palace on Saturday.
Boluarte, formerly Peru's vice-president, assumed the presidency earlier this month after ex-president Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested.
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