Peru’s Congress voted to remove the interim President José Jerí from office. This happened two months before the general elections that are scheduled for April 12.
The lawmakers approved the motion with 75 votes in favour and 24 against, and three people did not vote. This means José Jerís time as president is over after four months.
José Jerí became the president on October 10 2025. This happened after Congress removed the president, Dina Boluarte. There was a lot of turmoil at that time.
The reason for the vote to remove José Jerí was that people said he did not tell anyone about meetings he had with businessmen. He also had a corruption probe. The people who did not like him in Congress said he was not a person to be president and that he was influenced by other people.
José Jerí said he did not do anything before the vote. He told the media that he did not commit any crime when he met with the businessmen.
Since there is no vice president now, the head of Congress is next in line to be president. The current head of Congress, Fernando Rospigliosi, does not want to be president. So the lawmakers will choose another president on Wednesday.
This is another time when the president of Peru has been removed from office suddenly. In the past few years, Peru has had eight different presidents. This shows that there are problems between the president and Congress.
As Peru gets ready for the elections, the people who want to be president are campaigning. The political situation is still not stable. The new interim president will be in charge until the person who wins the election on April 12 takes office.
Some people think that having a president all the time can make people lose trust in the government. It can also make it hard to fix problems, like crime and corruption. The next few weeks will be very important. People will be watching closely.