LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Friday appointed culture minister Betsy Chavez as prime minister after accepting the resignation of Anibal Torres on Thursday.
The former prime minister, a staunch ally of the president, resigned after the opposition-controlled Congress declined to take a confidence vote on Thursday, saying the conditions for doing so had not been met.
The confidence vote was intended to pressure Congress as the executive branch opposes the legislature.
(Report Marcelo Rochabrun and Marco Aquino; French version Camille Raynaud, edited by Tangi Salaün)
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