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Vizcarra arrives to testify in corruption investigation

(12 Nov 2020) Ousted Peruvian president Martin Vizcarra arrived at the Special Prosecutor's Office on Thursday morning to offer his testimony and answer the charges against him in a corruption investigation. "We will provide him all the information he needs," said Vizcarra speaking to the press prior to entering the building.   "As a citizen, I am not going to go to any country.  I am not going to go to any embassy (of another country for asylum), said Vizcarra after announcing that he has left his passport with the prosecutor.  "I will be at home contributing with all the investigations." He is scheduled to meet with special prosecutor Germán Juárez, of the Lava Jato Investigation Team. Vizcarra is accused of taking kickbacks from construction companies worth 630,000 US dollars while he was governor of the Moquegua region. Earlier in the week, congress fired Vizcarra as president for "permanent moral incapacity" due to the allegations that he took bribes for two infrastructure works tendered when he was regional governor between 2011 and 2014. The allegations come from construction managers who themselves are being investigated for corruption in a separate case. Manuel Merino, the head of congress, was sworn-in as the new president of Peru on Tuesday morning. Merino's swearing in was met with and protests on the streets of Peru's capital the day after Congress voted to oust the popular Vizcarra, who had campaigned against corruption. Peruvians widely distrust legislators and decried Vizcarra's removal as an overt power grab. The new president is the country's third chief of state since 2016; both Vizcarra and his predecessor, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, were pushed out by the powerful Congress, where neither managed to secure a majority bloc. Vizcarra rose to the nation's highest office in 2018 after Kuczynski resigned amid allegations that he had failed to disclose payments from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to his private consulting firm. He made defeating corruption his main mission and he was one of the nation's most popular leaders in recent history. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...