Peru’s president impeached four months into term

2026-02-18 - 04:27

Peru’s Congress has voted to impeach interim President José Jerí just four months into his term for failing to disclose meetings with Chinese businessmen. The scandal unfolded last month after videos emerged of Jerí meeting several times outside his official schedule with businessman Zhihua Yang, who was under government scrutiny. Jerí had previously apologised for the meetings, but denied any wrongdoing and accused his rivals of a public smear campaign. His removal from office makes him the third consecutive president to be ousted, after he replaced former leader Dina Boluarte who was impeached in October last year. Jerí was Peru’s seventh president since 2016 amid a tumultuous political landscape that has seen a succession of leaders leave