November 2020 Persons in News

• Peru’s interim President resigns as chaos embroils nation
  The Peruvian President Manuel Merino was forced out of power meaning forced to resign.
  
  On November 9, 2020, Martin Vizcarra, predecessor of Manuel was impeached by the Peruvian Legislature. He was impeached on the grounds of unproven charges of corruption.
  
  Vizcarra had promised an anti-graft agenda that initiated reforms to tackle corruption in the judicial and legislative branches of the Peruvian Government. This was basically seen as threats by most of the political parties in the country.
  
  Vizcarra is not affiliated with any political party.
  
  Vizcarra dissolved the 130-member unicameral legislative body in 2019 that triggered constitutional crisis in the country. This led to parliamentary elections in January 2020.
  
  In the elections, Peru saw historic division of parties. In the end, no party received more than 11% vote in the elections.
  
  Since the elections, Peruvian Congress had sought to remove Vizcarra from power.
  
  The current constitution of Peru was drafted and enacted in 1993 after the constitutional crisis in 1992.
  
  The current constitution gives more powers to the president.
  
  
• Who has been elected to U.N. ACABQ?
  Indian diplomat VidishaMaitra was elected to the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly.
  
  Maitra, the First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, obtained 126 votes in the Group of Asia-Pacific States.
  
  The Fifth Committee of the General Assembly, which deals with administrative and budgetary issues, recommended Ms.Maitra to the Assembly for a three-year term beginning 1 January 2021.
  
  The General Assembly which has 193 member-states, appoints members of the Advisory Committee on the basis of broad geographical representation, personal qualifications and experience.
  
  The Advisory Committee is an expert Committee of sixteen Members elected by the General Assembly for a period of three years, on the basis of a broad geographical representation.
  
  Members serve in a personal capacity and not as representatives of Member States.
  
  The Committee holds three sessions a year with total meeting time between nine and ten months per year.
  
  The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee are elected by the Members of the Advisory Committee.
  
  The programme of work of the Advisory Committee is determined by the requirements of the General Assembly and other legislative bodies to whom it reports.
  
  The Advisory Committee is serviced by a secretariat headed by an Executive Secretary, assisted by a Deputy.

Published date : 07 Dec 2020 05:30PM