Peru's congress has approved the start of another impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian legislature reported on Twitter, TASS reported.

With 73 votes in favor, the congress plenum passed a motion to declare Pedro Castillo morally unfit to hold the office of president of the republic and to dismiss him from office, the report said.

The impeachment vote is to be held on Wednesday.

Earlier, representatives of the Congress proposed to impeach Pedro Castillo - the corresponding statement was signed by 67 people.