Peru President Condemns Second Impeachment Bid in Five Weeks
- Motion cites allegations president took bribes from builders
- Congress may hold vote Friday on impeachment proceedings
Martin Vizcarra
Photographer: Demetrius Freeman/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra criticized a bid by a group of lawmakers to impeach him over bribery allegations, barely a month after an initial attempt to oust him over a separate graft case.
Speaking in a televised address Wednesday, Vizcarra said the impeachment effort was “at the least untimely,” coming less than six months before the country’s next general election.