Constitution Commission debates the Government of President Dina Boluarte who proposes that general elections be brought forward for December 2023.
session in the Congress. The constitution commission chaired by the Fujimorista ‘Nano’ Guerra García will receive this February 3 the holder of the portfolio of Justice and Human RightsJosé Tello, to hear him support the proposed constitutional reform project at the request of the president Dina Boluarte on the advancement of the 2023 elections. The same minister was in charge of preparing the proposal that cuts the mandate of the current political class days after the police attack on the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). This is the second approach of the Executive that rushes the general elections. To date, Parliament has rejected three different electoral projects.
Early elections LIVE: Government project is supported
Corvetto asks that Congress approve a law to periodically report on the number of deaths
The head of the National Office of Electoral Processes, Piero Corvetto, asked Congress to approve the bill so that, after the closure of the electoral roll, the National Registry of Identity and Civil Status (Reniec) reports monthly to the ONPE on the number of deceased persons so that they are excluded from the register.
Corvetto recalled that this Parliament approved that this measure was applied in the 2022 Municipal and Regional Elections.
JNE President says it takes 230 days to prepare elections
The president of the National Election Jury, Jorge Luis Salas Arenas, affirmed that in order to advance the general elections to December 2023, a minimum of 230 days is needed to organize the elections. He indicated that the proposal initially approved by Congress had a start date for activities on February 20 of this year.
“I don’t know if by that date (February 20) we will have things ready,” said Salas Arenas because a cut in the electoral mandate has not yet been approved.
Minister José Tello: “This transitional government needs stability”
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, José Tello, urged the Legislature to take a position of “dialogue, conversation and hope.”
“We have to assume a role from the Executive and Legislative branches of openness to dialogue, of conversation, of hope, which is what Peruvians are looking for. We have to give them hope. I end my presentation by invoking that, to think about Peru. This government transition needs stability for the transition to go well,” Tello said.
Andean parliamentarians would continue in office until 2026
Minister José Tello maintains that, with the Government’s project, the mandate of the Andean parliamentarians would not be affected.
President of the JNE arrived in Congress
The president of the National Elections Jury, Supreme Judge Jorge Luis Salas Arenas, arrived at the headquarters of Congress to participate in the session of the Constitution Commission in which the Government’s project on the advancement of elections for December 20223 will be debated.
José Tello will support the Government’s project
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, José Tello, will support the project of the Government of President Dina Boluarte that proposes an advancement of general elections for December 2023. Initially, the Constitution Commission invited the president of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otárola ; however, he chose not to attend.
If the proposition is approved, the elections would be on October 8 of this year. Boluarte Zegarra, who accumulates more than half a hundred deaths since the sash was placed, would end his management on December 31. Similarly, legislators disapproved of by 89% of Peruvians —according to a latest survey by the Institute of Peruvian Studies— they would leave on the 29th of the same month.
Originally he was going to be the prime minister, Luis Alberto Otarola, who approached the Constitution work table to explain the initiative, but the Presidency of the Council of Ministers asked Congress to schedule José Tello in his place. According to the parliamentary document published on the official social networks, the extraordinary session No. 18 will be in blended mode and will begin at 3:00 p.m.
