Early elections. | This Tuesday December 20 the reconsideration of the vote will be voted in it Congress that sent to the file the project on the advancement of general elections demanded during the protests that take place in different parts of the country. The president Dina Boluarte He called on the benches to reflect on their first vote and to give the green light to this project. The session of Full It will start at 10:00 am and the topic is expected to be seen without postponement in the face of the complicated climate of social upheaval that crosses Peru.
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National Universities of Peru request early elections
The Association of National Universities of Peru issued a statement calling on Congress and the Executive, led by Dina Boluarte, to put down their ideological positions.
The pronouncement has the support of the main national higher educational institutions of Peru.
Summons to vote reconsideration on early elections
By means of a summons sent by the senior officer of Congress, José Cevasco, it was arranged to call the parliamentarians for this Tuesday, December 20.
This in order to vote on the reconsideration request raised by Congressman Eduardo Salhuana (Alliance for Progress) on the rejection of the bill to advance the general elections in December 2023.
Let us remember that, last Friday the 16th, the Full rejection –with 49 votes in favor, 33 against and 25 abstentions— The substitute text of the Constitution Commission for an advancement of elections to December 2023, as well as the congressional and presidential cut of Dina Boluarte for April 2024.
Some congressmen from the benches that voted against To advance the elections, they had already indicated that they would not support the initiative for which the protesters, who continue to protest inside the country, are demanding.
From the right, the parliamentarian Alejandro Cavero made clear his reasons for voting against: “Peru cannot give in to a minority of violent and out of control radicals who, after failing in a coup d’état, want to set fire to everything and draw water for their mill.” In the same vein, he pronounced Maria Del Carmen Alva: “No one sets the agenda for us.”
On the side of the left benches, the request is that it be included in the project advancement of elections a constitutional reform to direct the country towards the elaboration of a new political constitution of Peru: “The people are sovereign and have the right to be consulted whether or not they want a constituent assembly,” said Jorge Marticorena, legislator of Peru Libre .
