A Quecha women walks next to a graffiti that reads "Fujimori Never", in Ayacucho, Perú, in April 2011. AP PHoto/Rodrigo Adb. all rights reservedThe maelstrom of events that has taken place in recent weeks in Peru has put the country's governability in check and raised some issues which require urgent response.
First of all, there was the question of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s impeachment for reasons of “permanent moral incapacity”. The request was made on the basis of two facts: 1) the involvement of a company owned by the president in contracts with the corrupt Brazilian company Odebrecht while he was serving as a government minister, and 2) his failure to speak the truth when he declared that he had had no direct or indirect relationship with that company, which he later denied, as did the company.
Kuczynsky's pardon order produced a new crack in Peruvian society, unleashed street protests and harsh criticism from several sectors.
