Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- Peru's Congress voted on Tuesday to censure the country's interim president, effectively ending the brief tenure of Jose Jeri after just over four months in office.

The extraordinary session, which convened as lawmakers were officially on legislative recess, concluded with 75 votes in favor, 24 against, and three abstentions.

Jeri, who ascended the presidency just last October following the removal of Dina Boluarte, was the eighth head of state to lead the South American nation in just 10 years.

His censure comes as national elections are scheduled to take place in just two months. The motion was propelled by an alliance between a minority leftist opposition and a bloc of right wing parties, with both sides arguin...