Expulsion and resignations following a corruption scandal in Peru

The Peruvian Congress approved the expulsion of 7 members of a powerful commission to select judges and hold them accountable.

On Friday, the Peruvian Congress voted unanimously and unopposed the expulsion of 7 members of the National Council of Magistracy, an entity that chooses judges and holds them accountable for their actions . The vote in response to a scandal of corruption that shook the country

The extraordinary session was convened by President Martín Vizcarra, and after the resignation of the head of the judicial branch of Peru on the scandal involving secret phone records that & They captured many judges doing business behind the scenes of everything from promotions to criminal convictions.

However, despite these massive protests in Lima on Thursday where the people shouted "judicial power, national shame!", The Supreme Court formalized a day later the oath of the new Prosecutor General, Pedro Gonzalo Chávarry, also involved in the section .

The inauguration ceremony was marked by the striking absence of President Vizcarra and other authorities who had requested the cancellation of the appointment. This scandal only comes four months after the resignation of the then president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), when a corruption case was revealed against him.

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