After anti-government protests began on March 30, the Peruvian Congress demanded President Pedro Castillo to resign on Saturday.
Castillo was advised to resign in a vote taken in the Congress of the Republic on the motion of the right parties.
The proposal was approved by a vote of 61 to 43, with one abstention.
The symbolic value of the non-binding motion is regarded politically significant.
-Protests that are still going on
Because of the rise in fuel and food prices, protesters have requested Castillo to resign.
Demonstrators battled with police and shut down major roadways in towns around the country, particularly in Lima, the country’s capital, and Callao, its neighbor.
The number of individuals dead has risen to six, while the number of those injured has risen to twenty.