Aníbal Torres asks for a question of trust and Congress evaluates the request LIVE

The Plenary of Congress will resume its session at 3 in the afternoon, in order to prioritize the debate on the question of confidence which this morning was requested by the president of the cabinet of ministers, Aníbal Torres. Lawmakers can vote today or vote in the next session.

UPDATE 9:20AM

With 65 legislators, the plenary session of Congress began, while waiting for the premier Hannibal Torres together with his ministerial cabinet, whose attendance was not scheduled, however it was decided to expand the agenda to receive them and listen to their request for a matter of confidence.

The premier sat in the Hemicycle along with 13 other ministers. After being introduced, Aníbal Torres took the floor and requested that the bill that repeals law 31399 be approved “which strengthens the process of approval of constitutional reform laws regulated in articles 40 and 44 of Law 26300, law on the rights of citizen participation and control, also called Law Antireferendum, I raise the question of confidence on behalf of the Council of Ministers”.

“I do not come to present the bill in order to close the Congresswhat we want is to establish a faculty of the people as a constituent power, to participate in relevant issues”, he added.

“If the Executive had wanted to close the Congress, we would have introduced two or more bills raising two or more confidence issues. The goal of this is not and will not be to pave the way for a shutdown of Congress,” he continued.

The premier also revealed that he did not arrive in “They are for war, but for peace”; yet he continually reminded legislators that he has every constitutional right to shut down Congress if they “refuse” to grant his request.

After the request for a question of confidence, the president of the Board of Directors, Williams Zapata, announced the suspension of the session of Congress until 3 in the afternoon.

ORIGINAL NOTE

the first Hannibal Torres Together with his ministerial cabinet, he will appear this Thursday morning, November 17, before the Plenary Session of Congress to request a new question of confidence. President Pedro Castillo canceled his official activity that he had scheduled in Puente Piedra.

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The streets surrounding the Congress of the Republic and the Government Palace were closed, such as Abancay Avenue, which was full of the president’s laptop, with banners in hand that demonstrate that it was not a spontaneous demonstration. In addition, the security of the State was redoubled.

The ministers began to arrive at 8:30 in the morning. A week ago, Prime Minister Aníbal Torres announced his intention to raise a new question of confidence before the Chamber for the project that seeks to repeal Law 31355.

“We are going to use the constitutional tools to ask to work on the issues that matter to the population,” said the Minister of Labor, Alejandro Salas, when asked about the question of confidence upon entering Congress.

For their part, the legislators have not yet reached the necessary quorum, which is why the ministerial cabinet’s entry into the Chamber is delayed, but everything indicates that they would be the first issue to be discussed. The session of Congress was scheduled for 9 in the morning and it was scheduled to discuss the requests for permission from President Pedro Castillo to travel to Mexico and Chile.

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