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Peru's top court on Thursday rejected a government bid to block the impeachment of President Martin Vizcarra. The Constitutional Court ruled by five votes to two that the vote can go ahead in congress on Friday, its president Marianella Ledesma announced. Congress voted last week to open impeachment proceedings against Vizcarra for "moral incapacity" over accusations he incited aides to lie to anti-graft investigators. fj/db/jm
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