Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Peru's Congress convened Tuesday in an extraordinary session to debate seven censure motions against interim President Jose Jeri -- a move that could remove him from office less than two months before general elections and deepen the country's ongoing political instability.
Jeri, who also serves as head of Congress, would automatically lose the presidency if lawmakers vote to oust him from that parliamentary post. He has denounced what he calls a plot against him and an intention by enemies to destabilize the country.
Jeri assumed the presidency in October after the removal of Dina Boluarte. However, investigations into Jeri's conduct and declining public support have weakened his political standing, according to local newspaper La Republica.
According to local media reports, the current crisis escalated after reports that the president held unregistered meetings, not listed on his official agenda, with two controversial Chinese businessmen.
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