Peru’s president dissolves Congress ahead of third bid to remove him

Pedro Castillo (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has dissolved the nation’s Congress and called for new legislative elections, beating legislators to the punch as they prepared to debate a third attempt to remove him from office.

He also installed a new emergency government, and called in a televised address for the next round of legislators to develop a new constitution for the Andean nation.