Política

Presidente de Perú se salva de ser destituido por el Congreso

Mandatario se defendió e indicó que 'jamás recibió un soborno'.

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2-R) is pictured next to the President of the Congress Luis Galarreta (L) after delivering a speech before the Peruvian National Congress in Lima, while the opposition, demands he steps down or face impeachment over graft allegations linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, on December 21, 2017. 
If Peru's Congress sets the impeachment process in motion it would make Kuczynski the highest-profile political figure to be punished in the expanding scandal surrounding Odebrecht, a Brazilian engineering and construction firm that admitted to paying millions of dollars in bribes in several Latin American countries to secure public works contracts. / AFP PHOTO / ERNESTO BENAVIDES
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2-R) is pictured next to the President of the Congress Luis Galarreta (L) after delivering a speech before the Peruvian National Congress in Lima, while the opposition, demands he steps down or face impeachment over graft allegations linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, on December 21, 2017. If Peru's Congress sets the impeachment process in motion it would make Kuczynski the highest-profile political figure to be punished in the expanding scandal surrounding Odebrecht, a Brazilian engineering and construction firm that admitted to paying millions of dollars in bribes in several Latin American countries to secure public works contracts. / AFP PHOTO / ERNESTO BENAVIDES ERNESTO BENAVIDES

Lima. El presidente de Perú, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, se salvó este jueves de ser destituido por el Congreso, luego de que la oposición no lograra los 87 votos necesarios para declarar la vacancia del cargo, tras una sesión parlamentaria de 14 horas.

"No ha sido aprobado el pedido de vacancia por causal de incapacidad moral permanente", dijo el presidente del Congreso, Luis Galarreta, tras la votación, que arrojó 79 votos a favor de la destitución, 19 en contra y 21 abstenciones.

El presidente peruano Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (saco gris) aparece junto al presidente del Congreso Luis Galarreta, después de pronunciar este jueves un discurso ante el Congreso Nacional Peruano en Lima. Foto AFP El presidente peruano Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (saco gris) aparece junto al presidente del Congreso Luis Galarreta, después de pronunciar este jueves un discurso ante el Congreso Nacional Peruano en Lima. Foto AFP (ERNESTO BENAVIDES)
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