Merino resigns as Peru president after five days in power - Manila Bulletin

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Merino resigns as Peru president after five days in power

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Peru’s President Manuel Merino resigned Sunday, just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street protests against him and the ousting of his popular predecessor.

Congress was expected to appoint a new president — the South American country’s third in a week — in a new session on Sunday evening. Merino said that to avoid a “power vacuum” the 18 ministers he swore in on Thursday would temporarily remain in their posts, though almost all had resigned in the wake of Saturday’s crackdown on protests.

“A dictatorship has left the palace,” he told reporters outside his home in Lima, adding that Merino “was breaking out democracy.” However, police reported two deaths, while the National Human Rights Coordinator indicated it was investigating whether there were four.

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This could be the same move that Biden will do and have the incompetent one take over. America's choice... a mentally deficient or a totally incompetent! OMG!

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