February 1, 2023, 4:18 PM
February 1, 2023, 4:18 PM
The Peruvian Congress restarted this Wednesday the debate on the advancement of the elections for this year, an attempt to calm the wave of protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and parliamentary renewal.
The bill that will be debated in this Wednesday’s session contemplates anticipating the general elections for December 2023 and that the new authorities take office in May 2024as read by the president of Parliament, José Williams, after the restart of the session at 11:40 local time (16:40 GMT).
In December Congress approved anticipate the elections for April 2024.
“The purpose of this proposal is onewe have advanced this topic because our country is bleeding to death,” said Fujimori parliamentarian Hernando Guerra García of Fuerza Popular (right).
The Congress suspended on Tuesday for the third time, since Friday, the session to debate and vote on the advance of elections, divided by the interest of the leftist banks in condition their vote in exchange for a referendum to form a Constituent Assembly.
“Today Congress will take an important ddecision in the face of the political crisis”said the head of Parliament, José Williams, on Twitter. “Who should win is the vast majority of Peruvians,” he said.
In a parliament divided into more than ten political forces, in addition to independent congressmen, the right-wing promote the advancement of elections.
Boluarte and the Fujimori right-wing Fuerza Popular party defend the advancement of elections to appease the protests that has left 48 deads since the crisis began on December 7 with the impeachment and arrest of former leftist president Pedro Castillo, who tried to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.
Parallel to the political crisis, protests continued on Wednesday in parts of the country, including downtown Lima.
In the southern Andes, a historically neglected region, there were roadblocks with tires and burning logs.
In the central Andean region of Junín, dozens of residents they blocked the central highway and streets of the city of Huancayo, about 300 km from Lima.
In Puno (southeast), under a light raindozens of peasants and transporters carried out a mobilization through the streets of Juliaca.
