The new president of Peru needs a parliamentary majority to remain in power

The success of Dina Boluarte as the new president of Peru, and her permanence in power, will depend on whether she manages to establish a constructive relationship with the Congress of the Republic, Alexandr Shinkarenko, a researcher at the Center for Political Studies of the Latin American Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

“Everything will depend on whether she [Boluarte] manages to have constructive relations within Congress, since the main problem for many presidents in Peru has been not having a parliamentary majority,” Shinkarenko said.

Boluarte’s party, Peru Libre, has 37 seats out of 130 and the president will not be able to “solve the social problems that Peru has accumulated lately” without the support of other deputies.

It is a key issue for the new president, who came to power in 2021 as vice president, thanks to a protest vote by voters who were disappointed in right-wing parties, which traditionally have the support of the majority of Peruvians.

“Everything will depend on what Boluarte does in this position and how she organizes her work,” he stressed.

However, according to Shinkarenko, Boluarte has all the necessary competencies, since at the same time that she served as vice president of the republic (2021-2022), she held the position of Minister of Development and Social Inclusion.

The Peruvian Congress dismissed President Pedro Castillo on the afternoon of December 7, by an overwhelming majority, in a session that took place despite the fact that, in the morning, the president had dissolved parliament.

Castillo was subsequently detained by the Public Ministry (prosecutor’s office) to be prosecuted for the alleged crime of rebellion.

Until yesterday, Vice President Boluarte was sworn in before Congress as the new head of state, becoming the first woman to hold that position in Peru.

With information from Sputnik