People gather outside Congress after Peru's interim President Manuel Merino announced his resignation, in Lima, Peru November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Angela Ponce NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmakers and the country's top court were set to debate on Monday who should take over as president after Congress failed overnight to name a candidate to become the third leader in the space of a week marred by deadly protests.
The Andean country's interim leader, Manuel Merino, resigned on Sunday, after the ouster last week of his predecessor, centrist Martin Vizcarra, had sparked off protests and dragged the country into a constitutional crisis.
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