Lawmakers in Peru have launched proceedings to oust President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who refuses to resign after being accused of failing to disclose decade-old payments from a Brazilian company embroiled in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal.

Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of a motion to consider impeaching the former Wall Street banker for ‘‘permanent moral incapacity’’ after hours of debate that stretched into the night Friday.Kuczynski will have a chance to defend himself on Thursday before lawmakers open debate on his fate