After the admission of the motion for presidential vacancy in the plenary session of Congressthe parliamentarians did not agree on the date on which they would receive the President Pedro Castillo or your attorney. The president of Congress suggested that the president attend on March 28 at 5:00 pm; while the spokesman for Renovación Popular, Jorge Montoya, indicated that it should be on Friday, March 18 at 10:00 a.m.
At the end of the session of the Board of Spokespersons, the 119 congressmen who marked attendance in the Plenary proceeded to vote on both proposals to receive the president in the Plenary. Thus, the proposal of the Popular Renovation spokesman, Jorge Montoya, was rejected with 97 votes against, 19 in favor and 0 abstentions. While Alva’s proposal was approved with 86 votes in favor, 21 against and 10 abstentions.
SIGHT: Plenary approves the admission of vacancy motion against Pedro Castillo
Given this, legislators who voted against the admission to debate were against voting on that previous question. Complaints were made loudly and disorder was generated in the plenary.
Consequently, Alva Prieto decided to suspend the session to call the spokespersons and discuss this issue.
presidential vacancy
This morning, the Congress of the Republic admitted to debate the motion that proposes the vacancy of President Pedro Castillo due to permanent moral incapacity, the second so far of the current Government.
By 76 votes in favor, 41 against and 1 in abstention, the national representation gave the green light for Castillo’s presentation before the Plenary. 50 votes were required to continue with the impeachment process, since only 120 of the 130 members of Congress were present.
