Peru’s Interim Leader Faces Calls to Quit as Crisis Deepens
- Lawmakers discuss naming new leader in Sunday meeting
- Protests against impeachment of former president turn deadly
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Peru’s interim president is under pressure to quit just days after taking office, as the country’s political crisis deepens five months before elections.
President Manuel Merino is facing calls to resign after a deadly protest Saturday against the impeachment of his predecessor, Martin Vizcarra, over bribery allegations. Party leaders are meeting Sunday morning to decide which lawmaker will assume the presidency of Congress and the government.