Peru's president ousted in express impeachment' after just four months

"Peru's interim president has been forced out of office in an express impeachment after a political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese businessmen. Lawmakers voted by 75 votes to 24 to proceed with the impeachment of Jose Jeri, who had been at the helm for just four months. He had become embroiled in a scandal dubbed Chifagate after security-camera footage emerged showing him in clandestine meetings with Chinese businessmen outside of his official agenda, including one visit in which he appears to try to conceal his identity with a hooded top."

"Prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into alleged influence-peddling linked to the meetings with Yang Zhizua, known as Johnny, a well-connected Chinese businessman who has lived in Peru for decades. Prosecutors say another Chinese citizen, Ji Wu Xiaodong, who was present at one of the meetings, is accused of belonging to an illegal timber-trafficking network known as Los Hostiles de la Amazonia and had been placed under house arrest for two years. Jeri also faces scrutiny for allegedly hiring unqualified young women who secured government jobs after late-night meetings at the presidential palace, based on its official entry-and-exit log."

Peru's interim president Jose Jeri was removed in an express impeachment after secretive meetings with Chinese businessmen sparked a political scandal. Lawmakers voted 75 to 24 to impeach Jeri, who had served four months. Security-camera footage showed clandestine meetings and an instance where he appeared to conceal his identity, prompting the scandal dubbed Chifagate. Jeri, 39, became the country's seventh president in a decade of instability. Acting speaker Fernando Rospigliosi said congress will vote to choose a replacement ahead of April presidential elections. Prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into alleged influence-peddling tied to Yang Zhizua and other attendees, and Jeri faces scrutiny over appointments of young women; he denies wrongdoing.

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