The government of Pedro Castillo generates another confrontation with the Congress. On Tuesday the 25th, the President of the Parliament, María del Carmen Alva, promulgated, at the insistence of the Plenary, the law that establishes that any initiative of Constitutional reform to submit to referendum must first pass through the national representation, thus protecting the Magna Carta of any populist outburst of power in power.
It should be remembered that Castillo announced that he will observe the law before the Constitutional Court.
Former congressional official José Cevasco explained that, after being enacted, the corresponding process is for the Presidency of the Republic, as part of its obligation, to number it and send it to the official newspaper El Peruano for publication. After publication, the law only comes into effect.
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“The regulation does not establish any time for publication, but it must be immediate, since a State power has enacted a law. Not doing so, to a certain extent, is an act of provocation and intensifies the political crisis”, he explained. Until the closing of this edition, the Executive had not yet complied with the process.
The constitutionalist Víctor García Toma explained that, if the law is not published, the president would be committing “an infraction of the Constitution.”
“There is a deliberate intention to obstruct the final phase of the process as there is no objective reason why it should not take place. After publishing it, if you want, you can file your claim with the TC”, he explained to Perú21.
Along these lines, he stressed that the responsibility would fall on “the president, but whoever is responsible for it is the president of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez.”
“The administrative process goes through your office. There the premier could be accused of violating the Constitution, which is what Congress should do immediately, “she added.
KEEP IN MIND
- The law that specifies the referendum obtained 72 votes in favor, 44 against and no abstentions.
- President Pedro Castillo attacked Congress, stating that its decision “mutilates the right to a referendum demanded by a Constituent Assembly.”
