Peru's new president to replace PM in bid for consensus - sources


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  • Friday, 23 Mar 2018

Peru's Prime Minister Mercedes Araoz attends a news conference in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's incoming president Martin Vizcarra will replace the country's prime minister in a bid to form a consensus government with input from a broad representation of political groups and institutions, two sources close to Vizcarra told Reuters.

Prime Minister Mercedes Araoz will remain in her other position as vice president, the two sources and a third source close to Araoz said on Thursday. Araoz had previously vowed to resign the vice presidency out of loyalty to outgoing president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski if Congress forced him from office.

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