They are not one, nor two, nor three. There are six motions on the agenda – presented until yesterday in the Congress of the Republic—, who ask for the censorship of José Jerí in his capacity as head of Parliament in charge of the Presidency of the Republic. His clandestine meetings with Chinese businessmen and his subsequent bland justifications in this regard, first in statements to the press and then before the Oversight Commission, ended up tipping the balance against the president.
Eight blocs: Together for Peru-Voices of the People-Magisterial Bloc, Free Peru, Popular Renewal, Popular Action, Avanza País, Honor and Democracy, Socialist Caucus and Popular Democratic Bloc, who were joined by a solitary Heidy Juárez from Podemos and some ungrouped ones – in total about 60 legislators – managed to gather the required signatures and formalized their requests to remove Jerí from the presidency in the last 48 hours. accusing him, among others, of lack of probity and transparency and disrespect for the presidential investiture.
The documents, however, cannot be debated by the Plenary due to the legislative recess. Due to this, legislator Jorge Montoya instructed Fernando Rospigliosi to call an extraordinary plenary session.
In response, the head of the Legislature recalled that said call only proceeds at the request of no less than 78 congressmen or if it is raised by the president of the republic himself.
Precisely on this point, in statements to Peru21Alejandro Muñante of Renovación Popular maintained that if Jerí “has a real desire to give his defense on the issue before the country, and not before a commission like the Oversight Commission, he must convene an extraordinary plenary session.”
He said that his party has already begun collecting the 78 signatures, but insisted that “all of this can be avoided if Jerí, in the exercise of his powers and as president, requests it through a decree. He could do it, why doesn’t he do it?” he questioned.
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Congressman Edward Málaga proposed suspending Representation Week, scheduled for next week.
The reason? Hold a plenary session to debate the report of the commission that investigated irregularities in the tenders and works of Chinese companies in which Jerí’s friend, the Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang, is mentioned.
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