This Tuesday the 16th, the Plenary Session of Congress will decide whether to file a claim for jurisdiction before the Constitutional Court for the Ombudsman election. The measure is evaluated after the Judiciary ordered, again, the Parliament to provisionally suspend the aforementioned process.
If the proposal is approved by the national representation, the president of Congress, Lady Camones, will formalize the action whose objective is for the Constitutional Court to “clarify the unique and exclusive powers that correspond to the Congress of the Republic, in accordance with the provisions of the Political Constitution of Peru.
“Likewise, determine if these can be limited and restricted by the Judiciary through the issuance of a judicial resolution,” reads the agenda of the plenary session.
The plenary session will also discuss whether to submit a request for a precautionary measure before the highest interpreter of the Magna Carta. This requirement would have the purpose of provisionally suspending the effects of the precautionary measure granted by the Third Constitutional Court of Lima in favor of the Union of Workers of the Ombudsman.
The Judiciary ordered the suspension of the election of the Ombudsman
On Monday, August 8, the Third Constitutional Court of Lima ruled extend the precautionary measure against the new members of the special commission election of the Ombudsman for allegedly affecting democratic principles.
The court determined that there is no new special commission, but that this is a “single entity” in charge of the selection process of suitable candidates, which has only changed in its composition.
For the date in question, said working group had already selected the three candidates who obtained the highest score: Carlos Castro Barriga, Jorge Rioja Vallejos and Beatriz Ramírez Huaroto.
