Peru’s president urges Congress to bring forward general elections amid protests

Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency after Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested

The Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, urged the country’s Congress to pass a proposal to bring forward general elections in a news conference from the presidential palace on Saturday.

Boluarte, formerly Peru’s vice-president, assumed the presidency earlier this month after ex-president Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested.