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Weekly Report - 20 March 2014 (WR-14-11)
PERU: Opposition extracts its pound of flesh
Peru’s congressional opposition parties fired a shot across the bow of the presidential ship of State last week. In two separate votes on 14 March, the opposition refused to provide the requisite congressional vote of confidence for the newly designated prime minister, René Cornejo, and his cabinet. It argued that Cornejo had failed to provide adequate assurances during his congressional appearance that First Lady Nadine Heredia would stop exerting influence over executive decisions. Congress eventually backed Cornejo and his cabinet on 17 March. But this was only after a chastised Cornejo promised there would be absolutely no interference in his running of government.
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