The congresswomen Maria del Carmen Alva (Popular Action) and Lady Camones (Alliance for Progress) signed the parliamentary resolution presented this Sunday, July 17, in the official newspaper El Peruano, after the closure of the legislative period 2021-2022. In the document, the president and vice president of the outgoing Board of Directors of Congress delegate powers to the Standing Commission so that it can perform legislative functions until July 21.
According to resolution 024-2021-2022-CR, The Permanent Commission will be able to legislate from July 16 to July 21, 2022. With these powers, it will be able to approve opinions and bills that are in the “order of the day” status, as well as the initiatives that appear as pending in the Congress plenary agenda.
Furthermore, this commission also may approve the bills that are added to the agenda by the Board of Spokespersons. Additionally, you will have the ability to legislate on proposals for regulations proposed by the Executive Power, but these must be sent urgently. These considerations are included in article 105 of the Constitution.
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This period comprises only seven days, since the legislature was extended by María del Carmen Alva up to two times, the last one being on July 15, in which the closure was finally given after a day in which laws of national interest such as the return to bicameralitythe acceptance of report that constitutionally accuses President Pedro Castilloand approval for organization of the OAS assembly in Lima.
Minister Salas criticizes that Congress has omitted projects proposed by the Executive at the end of the legislature
The Minister of Culture, Alejandro Salas, was dissatisfied with the work carried out by the Plenary during its last day of legislature, because he considered it worrying that the debate and vote on important bills sent by the Executive had been avoided.
“It is not possible that the legislature has finished and, of the 44 bills that we have presented from the Executive, they have not given priority to the most important ones”he pointed.
