Peru’s Prime Minister Denisse Miralles will face a grilling in congress on 18 March as she seeks a vote of confidence for the cabinet assembled by President José María Balcázar. The decision by the government to push back the vote of confidence to the latest permitted date under the terms of the constitution looks deliberate. Several political parties have already announced that they are minded not to approve the cabinet but by the time the vote comes around it will be barely three weeks before presidential and congressional elections on 12 April and their focus, along with that of voters, might be elsewhere.End of preview - This article contains approximately 965 words.
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