After hours of parliamentary debate, the Congress of Peru voted to convict the President with 105 votes in favor, surpassing the 87 vote threshold for conviction.[56] Following the vote, crowds began to gather at Plaza San Martín in protest.[57] An incident occurred in Plaza Bolívar, outside of Congress, in which congressman Ricardo Burga was assaulted by a protestor when giving a press conference regarding the impeachment vote.[58] Demonstrations spawned in other parts of the country and continued well into midnight, past the 11 PM curfew imposed by the government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[59]