Peru’s President to Challenge Law That Limits His Power

  • Justice minister wants the law to be declared unconstitutional
  • Congress can still impeach president on moral incapacity

Pedro Castillo 

Photographer: Luka Gonzales/AFP/Getty Images

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Peru’s President Pedro Castillo will challenge a recently approved law that left him even more politically vulnerable by limiting his power to dissolve congress.

Justice Minister Anibal Torres told local radio RPP on Wednesday the government will ask the country’s top court to declare the law unconstitutional.