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A6 WORLD NEWS
Thursday 8 december 2022
Peru’s president ousted after trying to dissolve Congress

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO to build honestly a future
Associated Press for their families.” The peas-
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s ant-turned-president said
Congress voted to remove he’s paying for mistakes
President Pedro Castillo made due to inexperience.
from office Wednesday But he said a certain sector
and replace him with the of Congress “has as its only
vice president, shortly af- agenda item removing me
ter Castillo tried to dissolve from office because they
the legislature ahead of a never accepted the results
scheduled vote to remove of an election that you,
him. my dear Peruvians, deter-
The national ombudsman’s mined with your votes.”
office called Castillo’s at- Castillo, whose govern-
tempt to dissolve the Con- ment began in July 2021,
gress a coup. denied allegations of cor-
Lawmakers then voted 101- ruption against him, saying
6 with 10 abstentions to re- they’re based on “hearsay
move Castillo from office statements by people who,
for reasons of “permanent seeking to lighten their own
moral incapacity.” punishments for supposed
Shortly before the vote, crimes by abusing my confi-
Castillo announced that he Peruvian President Pedro Castillo gives a press conference at the presidential palace in Lima, dence, are trying to involve
was installing a new emer- Peru, Oct. 11, 2022. me without evidence.”
gency government and Associated Press The power struggle in Perú’s
called for the next round over foreign affairs and turn himself in to judicial au- institutional crisis that Pe- capital has continued as
of lawmakers to develop a the economy. Castillo took thorities. “Mr. Castillo must ruvian society will have to the Andes and its thousands
new constitution for the An- action as his opponents in remember that he was not overcome with strict adher- of small farms struggle to
dean nation. He said dur- Congress moved toward only elected president of ence to the law.” survive the worst drought
ing a televised address that a third attempt to remove the republic, but also that Peru’s Joint Chiefs and Na- in a half-century. Without
he would rule by decree him from office. the people elected rep- tional Police rejected the rain, farmers can’t plant
meanwhile, and ordered The Ombudsman’s Office, resentatives for public ser- constitutionality of Castillo’s potatoes, and the dying
a nightly curfew starting an autonomous govern- vice,” the statement said. dissolution of the Congress grass can no longer sustain
Wednesday night. ment institution, said in a “Castillo’s actions ignore in a statement. herds of sheep, alpacas, vi-
Castillo also announced statement before the con- the will of the people and Castillo had said in an un- cuñas and llamas. Making
that he would make gressional vote that after are invalid.” The congres- usual midnight address on matters worse, avian flu has
changes in the leadership years of democracy, Peru sional vote called for Vice state television ahead of killed at least 18,000 sea
of the judiciary, police and is in the midst of a constitu- President Dina Boluarte to the vote that he would nev- birds and infected at least
constitutional court. The tional collapse “that can’t assume the presidency. Bo- er stain “the good name of one poultry producer, en-
head of Peru’s army then be called anything but a luarte via Twitter rejected my honest and exemplary dangering the chicken and
resigned, along with four coup.” The office called Castillo’s actions, saying “it parents, who like millions of turkeys raised for traditional
ministers, including those for Castillo to resign and worsens the political and Peruvians, work every day holiday meals.q

French activists protest against killing of male chicks

PARIS (AP) — French animal legislation that was meant The culling ban is set to France each year, accord- male chicks.
rights activists on Wednes- to ban the practice of kill- take effect in January. ing to the government. The Another exemption allows
day protested what they ing unwanted male chicks France-based animal rights methods include crushing the killing of male chicks for
say are broad exceptions in after they hatch. group L214 said exceptions and gassing. making animal food. L214
allowed by the govern- The centrist government of argues that both provisions
ment will make the law in- President Emmanuel Ma- would enable most in the
efficient. cron had said France was industry to avoid the ban.
Activists staged a protest to be one of the world’s first Egg producers have said
near the Agriculture Minis- countries to ban such post- the process of separating
try in Paris, with some using birth culling and would in- male and female eggs is
stuffed animals to simulate stead allow only methods costly compared to tradi-
chicks being put to death. that differentiate between tional culling practices.
Some lawmakers from the male and female eggs. “That government is con-
hard-left France Unbowed Similar legislation in Germa- sciously lying, it’s scandal-
party, including party lead- ny took effect at the begin- ous,” Brigitte Gothière, L214
er Jean-Luc Melenchon, ning of the year. co-founder, said in a writ-
took part to the event. L214 said producers have ten statement. “It shows its
The egg industry does not asked for an exemption for indifference to animal suf-
use the male chicks born at eggs meant to be trans- fering and citizen’s expec-
Hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, flanked with hatcheries because which formed into food products. tations.”
politicians speaks with French animal rights activists group L214 cannot lay eggs and are That means they will still be The French and German
protesting exceptions to a new legislation that was meant to different breeds than poul- allowed to keep female governments agreed in
ban the practice of killing male chicks after they hatch, in front try chickens. About 50 mil- chicks reared to produce 2020 to ban the practice in
of Agriculture Ministry in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. lion male chicks are killed in that type of eggs and kill both countries.q
Associated Press