MPs voted by 79 votes in favor to 11 against to remove Juan Jose Santivanez from office over “his political responsibility and inability to tackle the wave of citizen insecurity facing the country.”
The minister's dismissal comes amid heightened emotions in the South American country following the shooting dead Sunday of cumbia star Paul Flores, 39, by hitmen who attacked his tour bus after a concert outside the capital Lima.
Friday's vote of no-confidence in the interior minister came just before a demonstration in Lima.
“Today we are here to support the fight against violence, not only against musicians but also against everyone,“ Alan Meriche, a 38-year-old shopkeeper, told AFP.
In the first three months of the year, 459 crime-related homicides were recorded in Peru, according to the National Information System of Deaths.
The government on Monday declared a month-long state of emergency in the capital to allow for the deployment of soldiers to help police crack down on organized crime.
Entire neighborhoods live in fear of gangs, including transnational gangs such as Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua, that threaten bus drivers, shopkeepers, hairdressers and even teachers if they do not pay protection money.
President Dina Boluarte has 72 hours to name a new interior minister to replace Santivanez.
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