The former president Francis Sagasti announced a draft constitutional reform that proposes a early general election for the month of April 2023. The former president pointed out that the initiative, which includes the entry of the new authorities on July 28, 2023, will be presented to the Constitution Commission of Congress for debate.
“The proposal is called citizen consensus and proposes a cut in the presidency of the Executive and Legislative, in such a way that the new authorities take command on July 28, 2023 and complete the period during the last three years (…) The measure will go through Congress to be approved and then ratified in a referendum,” Sagasti told RPP.
Likewise, he stated that his initiative includes the proposals of the political groups of Avanza País, Podemos Perú, Perú Libre and non-grouped, who also presented projects for the advancement of elections, but in this case with a commitment to reform some points of the Constitution. .
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“The proposal that we are also presenting includes the formation of a special commission in Congress to discuss the substantive constitutional reform projects. No to the race, not citing the constitutionalists who have a different point of view,” said the former head of state.
Reelection of current congressmen
Francis Sagasti He explained that in the constitutional reform project that he will present in the Legislative, it is also promoted that the current congressmen can be re-elected only once.
“The current congressmen should be allowed to be re-elected. They were elected as representatives for five years. If the legislators consider that they have done a good job, the parties will choose them as candidates and the citizens will vote for them”, he stated.
