Peru’s President Ollanta Humala has suffered setbacks in the political and judicial spheres. Humala faces an unwelcome challenge to win approval for his legislative agenda in the remaining two years of his mandate after seven deputies from the ruling Gana Perú coalition resigned citing differences with the government, six to set up their own party, Dignidad y Democracia. Gana Perú now has just 36 deputies, the same as the main opposition party, the Fujimorista Fuerza Popular (FP). Meanwhile the Humala government’s efforts to prove that the Movimiento por Amnistía y Derechos Fundamentales (Movadef) is the political arm of the Sendero Luminoso (SL) guerrillas also suffered a blow when judges released eight Movadef members arrested in April for lack of evidence.End of preview - This article contains approximately 424 words.
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