Peru: Ms. Dina Boluarte has become the first female President of Peru after Mr. Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress.

Earlier, Mr. Castillo stated that he was replacing Congress with an “exceptional emergency government.”

The armed forces of Peru rejected Mr. Castillo’s attempt to sideline lawmakers, calling it an “infringement of the constitution.”

The former President’s move was ignored by lawmakers, and in an emergency meeting impeached him. Mr. Castillo was then detained and accused of rebellion.

The new President was appointed hours after a majority of 101 members in the 130-person legislative body voted to impeach former leader.

“I request a political truce to install a government of national unity,” Ms. Boluarte declared in her first speech after becoming the country’s sixth president. The President pledged to form a broad Cabinet of “all bloods”.

Ms. Boluarte added that “I ask for time, valuable time to rescue the country from corruption and misrule.”

The President also criticized the dissolution plan of Mr. Castillo by tweeting that “a coup that aggravates the political and institutional crisis that Peruvian society will have to overcome with strict adherence to the law.”

Ms. Patricia Benavides, Peru’s Attorney General, condemned the breach of the constitutional order.

The Attorney General added that “the Political Constitution of Peru enshrines the separation of powers and establishes that Peru is a democratic and sovereign republic. No authority can place itself above the Constitution and must comply with its constitutional mandates.”

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