The plenary session of Congress on Monday, January 31, began at an average of 11:40 am, more than an hour later than planned, and was suspended at 1:40 pm. During the session, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Eduardo González, was questioned, and it was approved to summon the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Óscar Maúrtua. The plenary session continues.
Live: Plenary session of Congress on January 31, 2022
The session resumes after the Board of Spokespersons
María del Carmen Alva, president of the Board of Directors of Congress, resumes the plenary session.
Session adjourns for a short time
María del Carmen Alva, president of the Board of Directors of Congress, convenes the Board of Spokespersons and the session is suspended for a short time.
Plenary approves motion 1868
Congress approves, 110 votes in favor, 1 against and 2 abstentions, motion 1868 that proposes that the Commission of Andean Peoples be granted investigative commission powers to investigate for a period of 90 days the actions on the Repsol oil spill .
Legislative admits to debate motion 1868
Congress admits to debate motion 1868 that proposes that the Commission of Andean Peoples be granted investigative commission powers to investigate for a period of 90 days the actions on the Repsol oil spill.
Parliament consults if motion 1868 is admitted for debate
Congress consults if the motion that proposes that the Commission of Andean Peoples be granted investigative commission powers to investigate for a period of 90 days the actions on the Repsol oil spill is admitted for debate.
María del Carmen Alva, president of the Board of Directors of Congress, resumes the plenary session.
They suspend the plenary session until 3.30 pm
The president of the Congress of the Republic, María del Carmen Alva, suspended the plenary session until 3:30 pm.
They approve summoning the chancellor this Tuesday, February 1
After approving the motion to invite Maúrtua, it was also decided by majority vote that the foreign minister attend the plenary session of Congress next Tuesday, February 1 at 9:30 am.
Plenary of Congress approves motion to invite Foreign Minister Maúrtua to Congress
With 71 votes in favor, 43 against and one abstention, the plenary session of the Congress of the Republic approved summoning Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua to Congress to answer for President Castill’s declarations on the possibility of giving Bolivia access to the sea. In this sense, the president of Congress proposed that the Minister of Foreign Affairs go to Parliament next Tuesday, February 1, at 9:30 am.
Congressman Carlos Anderson urges the president to defend sovereignty
“The president cannot understand that he is no longer a union leader, that is not his role. Now he is president of the Republic and as such he has to defend national sovereignty, that is his first obligation,” said Congressman Carlos Anderson of We can Peru
Margot Palacios: “You people on the right don’t care about the contamination in Ventanilla”
“You on the right do not care about the contamination in Ventanilla, but you are interested in what the President of the Republic spoke about and that it cannot be legally viable,” said Free Peru congresswoman Margot Palacios.
Guido Bellido assures that this is a new attempt to vacate President Castillo
“Mr. President, this is one more action to try to vacate it, one more strategy and for this they have brought here a hitman, an international press to get from the bottom and make the country believe that you want to assign territorial sea to other countries. No We should be discussing this issue, the president has already clarified it,” said Free Peru congressman Guido Bellido.
Katy Ugarte asked to give priority to more important issues
“We are making a political leading role with that phrase that the president said, but it was just a saying and he clarified it. He did not say that he is going to cede sovereignty to Bolivia. It is clearly stipulated in the Constitution that as Peruvians we have to respect sovereignty by above all,” said the congresswoman from Peru Libre.
Democratic Peru in favor of Maúrtua and Vásquez going to Congress
The congressman of the newly formed caucus Democratic Peru Héctor Valer pointed out that his parliamentary group is in favor of the foreign minister and the head of the PCM attending Parliament.
Fujimori congresswoman Tania Ramírez demands the resignation of Mirtha Vásquez, Óscar Maúrtua and Aníbal Torres
The Popular Force congresswoman Tania Ramírez demanded the resignation of the head of the PCM, Mirtha Vásquez, Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua and the Minister of Justice, Aníbal Torres, for the same issue.
APP presented a motion to summon Mirtha Vásquez to Congress
The congressman from the Alliance for Progress (APP) agreed that the president of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, go to Congress to respond to the declarations of the head of state. Likewise, he announced that from her bench a motion was also presented to summon the head of the PCM.
Congressman Bustamente announces that he presented a new motion to summon Maúrtua and Mirtha Vásquez
The Popular Force congressman Ernesto Bustamente presented a motion so that, in addition to summoning Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua, the President of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, also attend the Plenary Session of Congress to respond to what President Castillo said in relation to a possible access to the sea to Bolivia.
The motion to summon Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua to Parliament was admitted for debate.
With 67 votes in favor, 47 against and two abstentions, the motion to summon Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua to Congress for President Castillo’s statements was admitted for debate.
They support a motion to summon Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua to Congress
Popular Action congressman Elvis Vergara supported the motion presented by his bench to summon the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Óscar Maúrtua, after the declarations of the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, about giving Bolivia a possible access to the sea.
Minister Eduardo Gonzáles spoke about the oil spill
After having finished responding to the interpellatory document, Minister Eduardo Gonzáles spoke about the oil spill in the Ventanilla Sea. Peru that is possibly one of the worst catastrophes after the wars. We have to unite if we want to work together with all Peruvians. We have to clean up and remedy and then we have to find the guilty and punish them severely, “he said.
González highlights Salaverry’s professional experience to be appointed to the position
When asked about the experience of Daniel Salaverry that they took into account to appoint him to the position, Minister Eduardo Gonzáles pointed out that it was because he was an architect by profession, former president of Congress and because he was part of commissions related to the issue of energy and mines.
Gonzáles: “Salaverry coincided with what we wanted in relation to Perupetro”
“As president of the board of directors of Perupetro, he must follow the business vision, improve collection in the payment of royalties in favor of the Peruvian State, attract investments and strengthen ties with the national and international environment (…) We have been able to see that he (Salaverry) coincided with what we wanted in relation to Perupetro,” said the official
Minister of Energy and Mines explains what motivated the appointment of Daniel Salaverry
“Mr. Salaverry’s experience was verified, because he had experience in leading a collegiate body in his capacity as former president of the Congress of the Republic and had also participated in the Energy and Mines Commission and in the commission to look at the Camisea gas issue. We also verify their business and corporate experience,” the minister explained.
Gonzáles indicated that he had met with Salaverry prior to his appointment
“I had a previous conversation with Mr. Daniel Salaverry because we had talked in the campaign. I do not have the exact dates, but they were prior to his appointment. All this was by electronic means due to the issue of COVID-19. After this we we met in the office and as a result of what happened in the Comptroller’s Office we met again,” revealed the official before the plenary session of Parliament.
González gives details of why Salaverry was appointed in Perupetro
The first question that Gónzalez Toro was asked was about what other candidates were there to assume the position of president of Perupetro’s board of directors. “We carried out an evaluation of two proposals, but they were discarded because it was too technical and what we needed was to have a person with business experience and who is a corporate manager. That was what we needed for the presidency of Perupetro,” the minister said.
Minister Eduardo Gonzaléz responds to the interpellatory document
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Eduardo Gonzáles, answers a 10-question statement before the Plenary Session of Congress regarding the appointment of Daniel Salaverry in Perupetro.
The president of Congress spoke after the resignation of Avelino Guillén
“In the midst of an emergency due to citizen insecurity, the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, the third minister of the sector in six months, has taken place. This, together with the removal of the general commander of the National Police, reveals the lack of a clear policy to provide security citizens,” said María del Carmen Alva.
Alva Prieto questions the work of Pedro Castillo
“The President of the Republic has the most important position and as such, his statements have the significance that makes him responsible for his words and actions. What he said regarding the possibility of an exit to the sea for Bolivia with approaches that are not supported in the political constitution,” said the head of Parliament.
Congress plenary session begins
The president of Congress, María del Carmen Alva, pointed out that the current legislature was extended until next February 2 with the intention of fulfilling her parliamentary functions to deal with issues of national interest.
Similarly, it is planned evaluate the opinions approved by the Education Commissionwhere they propose to go back in the university reform by giving a second chance to the houses of studies that were not licensed.
During the plenary session on Monday constitutional reform would also be seen that proposes to modify articles of the Constitution in relation to the election of one of the members of the National Elections Jury (JNE), by the bar associations of all Peru.
Likewise, since 9:00 am, the members of the Board of Directors of the Congress and spokespersons of the different benches have met at a Spokespersons’ Meeting with the purpose of defining the time that each group will have to participate in the hemicycle.
For the same time, the session of the Production Commission was scheduled to discuss the issue of policies and measures in favor of fishermen who were affected by the oil spill that occurred in the Ventanilla Sea. From that time on, the Economy Commission also meets.
