LIMA: Peru’s Congress is set to elect an interim president on Wednesday to replace Jose Jeri, who was impeached in a graft scandal just four months after taking office.
Jeri, 39, was accused in the irregular hiring of several women in his government, and of suspected graft involving a Chinese businessman.
The new interim president will be Peru’s eighth head of state in 10 years, after the Latin American country burned through a string of leaders who were impeached or investigated for wrongdoing.
Lawmakers will choose a new parliament speaker who will lead the country until July 28, when the next president elected in national polls takes office.
Jeri himself became president following the impeachment of his predecessor Dina Boluarte in October.
