New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Peru's Congress on 17 February voted to remove interim President Jose Jeri from office. The move has unleashed fresh political instability in the South American nation, weeks before a presidential election

Jeri was Peru's seventh president in less than a decade. Only two of those were elected by popular vote. The others have been vice presidents who stepped in for deposed presidents and members of Congress who were selected by their peers to lead the South American nation.

Jeri will now be replaced by a member of Congress expected to lead the country during the 12 April election and until the newly elected president is sworn in on 28 July.

Jeri had joined the office just four months ago. He is the third consecutiv...