Plenary does not approve substitute text for general elections to be held in 2023

The plenary session of Congress did not approve the substitute text so that the advance of general elections be carried out at the end of this 2023, despite the fact that in December 2022 he approved the opinion so that the elections take place in April 2024. 45 congressmen voted in favor, 65 opposed and two abstained.

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RECONSIDERATION

During the beginning of the plenary session, the request for reconsideration of what Nano Guerra made was discussed in order for a new text to be made so that the elections take place in 2023. This measure was supported with 58 votes before the request for inadmissibility of the benches of Popular Renewal and Magisterial Block.

For her part, Congresswoman Sigrid Bazán (Together for Peru) argued that the best thing for the country is that this Congress should leave this 2023 together with the government of Dina Boluarte. In contrast, Alejandro Cavero (Advance Country) argued that this vision is short-term and has no support because it is to agree with the violent.

REFERENDUM FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

From Peru Libre they were ratified in the statement they issued earlier, which is the proposal for an early election accompanied by a referendum for a Constituent Assembly.

However, the parliamentarian Rosangella Barbarán (Popular Force) maintained that many left-wing benches refuse to support the advancement of elections to 2023 with the excuse that there is a Constituent Assembly, which is a proposal that has no support and has not been previously debated. . In her opinion, they only seek to stay longer in Parliament and are not in favor of what the population is demanding at this time.

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From Alianza para el Progreso, the parliamentarian, Rosio Torres, pointed out that Congress should be coherent and continue with the proposal to advance the elections to 2024, since a consensus was achieved for that purpose. “We must be coherent and do not treat Congress worse than a farm and pay attention to the position of a candidate (Keiko Fujimori) who got up from her bed and decided that this is 2023, the people expect great reforms. No one denies early elections but let’s do it responsibly “maintained the apepista.

Luis Aragón, spokesman for Acción Popular agreed that the elections take place in 2023 because it responds to the request of the population, in addition, that of many authorities such as regional governors, who have agreed with that proposal. His colleague Alejandro Muñante (Popular Renewal) argued that the “vandals and mobs” cannot set the agenda for us in Congress regarding the advancement of elections and even less blackmail.