“Peru's Congress censured President Jose Jeri with a vote of 75 in favor, 24 against, and three abstentions due to his unregistered meetings with businessman Zhihua Yang.”

Speaker under reviewNews reportJune 4, 2026Read the original

News article reporting on Peru's Congress vote regarding the Chifagate scandal

Our verdict

False

The article claims a 75‑24‑3 vote to censure President Jose Jeri, but the Wikipedia entry on the censure states that Congress approved the censure with a simple majority of 66 votes.

What we found

This discrepancy indicates the vote count in the claim is inaccurate.

The evidence

Contradicts the claim
Wikipedia reports that Congress censured Jeri with a simple majority of 66 votes, not 75-24-3.
en.wikipedia.org· Wikipedia vote count

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