Editing Impeachment (section)

===Peru===
{{Update|section|date=September 2024|reason=missing impeachment of Vizcarra and Castillo}}
[[File:Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, ao lado de seus vice-presidentes, discursa sobre seu processo de impeachment - c.png|thumb|[[President of Peru|Peru's president]] [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] speaks about the impeachment process against him.]]
The [[first impeachment process against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]], then the incumbent [[President of Peru]] since 2016, was initiated by the [[Congress of Peru]] on 15 December 2017. According to [[Luis Galarreta]], the President of the Congress, the whole process of impeachment could have taken as little as a week to complete.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42374771|title=Peru's leader faces impeachment|date=15 December 2017|access-date=28 December 2017|website=Bbc.com|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401044640/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42374771|url-status=live}}</ref> This event was part of the second stage of the [[2017–2021 Peruvian political crisis|political crisis]] generated by the confrontation between the Government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and the Congress, in which the opposition Popular Force has an absolute majority. The impeachment request was rejected by the congress on 21 December 2017, for failing to obtain sufficient votes for the deposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/lawmakers-who-helped-peru-president-survive-impeachment-bid-say-democracy-won/50000262-3474525|title=Lawmakers who helped Peru president survive impeachment bid say democracy won|website=Efe.com|date=22 December 2017|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115054646/https://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/lawmakers-who-helped-peru-president-survive-impeachment-bid-say-democracy-won/50000262-3474525|url-status=live}}</ref>