Left-wing benches filed a vacancy motion against Dina Boluarte. In session, in addition, the resignation of Digna Calle from the Board of Directors of Congress will be seen.
He Congress President, José Williams, convened a new session of the Plenary for this Wednesday, February 8 at 3:00 pm, in which different bills, constitutional reforms and initiatives pending second vote. Call is made less than a week after the files were filed various projects to advance elections —both of the Constitution and the Executive— with which they sought to cut the presidential and congressional mandate by 2023.
Congress LIVE: plenary session takes place after filing 4 projects to advance elections
José Williams calls for a minute of silence for natural disasters at the national and international level
The president of Congress, José Williams, asked the national representation to observe a minute of silence for the victims of the natural disasters registered in Peru; as well as the earthquakes registered in the countries of Turkey and Syria.
The plenary session begins
The head of the Board of Directors of Congress, José Williams, begins the plenary session this Wednesday, February 8.
123 congressmen registered their attendance at this plenary session.
Esdras Medina collects signatures to file a vacancy motion against Dina Boluarte.
Before the plenary session is called, the congressman of Somos Perú, Esdras Medina, has been collecting signatures to present a second vacancy motion against President Dina Boluarte.
At the end of January, the leftist benches entered the table of parts of Congress the first vacancy motion, but this still has not been put on the agenda of the Plenary to vote on its admissibility for debate.
Bancada Podemos Peru requests that the issue of early elections be seen
The Podemos Peru bench, through its spokesman, José Luna, asked the head of Parliament, José Williams, to debate the initiative to advance the elections.
As reported, last Friday, the Constitution Commission shelved said initiative sent by the government of Dina Boluarte.
Plenary session begins at 3:00 pm
The president of the Congress of the Republic, José Williams, called a plenary session for this Wednesday, February 8 at 3:00 in the afternoon. In it, it is planned to see the initiative of the Bloque Magisterial bench.
The latter deals with the fact that the project to advance the Executive’s elections can be exempted from the lock imposed by article 78 of the Parliament’s regulations.
However, this option would still not be completely ruled out. The bench of the Magisterial Block sent a document to the head of Parliament, with which they ask that the Plenary be the one to define whether or not to apply the filing of the early elections. A similar intention was presented by Podemos Peru, requesting that this be determined by the 130 legislators in this session.
Digna Calle’s resignation from the second vice presidency of Congress also appears on the agenda. This decision was made by the parliamentarian after some of her colleagues blocked the project sent by Dina Boluarte. It should be noted that the replacement of the Podemos Peru legislator will be defined this Friday by vote.
Likewise, in the days prior to this new session, a new vacancy motion was announced against President Dina Boluarte, promoted by Somos Perú congressman Esdras Medina. This is in addition to the one presented by different left-wing groups on January 26 and which could be put on the agenda this Wednesday, if agreed upon by the Board of Spokesmen.
