The president Dina Boluarte would propose a project so that elections are carried out “inevitably” and another for the “total reform” of the 1993 Constitution.
Dina Boluarte LIVE | The President of the Republic exhorted the Congress of the republic to approve the reconsideration of the vote in which the substitute text of the project to advance the elections for 2023 was rejectedraised by the Constitution Commission. In a message to the nation, the Head of State mentioned that in the event that the Parliament persists in its refusal to advance the elections to 2023, would propose from the Executive a legislative initiative so that there are general elections this year “indefectibly”. Then follow all the incidents and reactions as a result of the president’s announcement.
Dina Boluarte TODAY LIVE: Congress will debate early elections and there will be new marches
They reschedule the plenary session again where the advancement of elections will be discussed
The plenary session of Congress that would debate the advancement of elections for October 2023 was rescheduled for this Wednesday in order to find consensus.
“In order to find consensus among the national representation and at the request of the president of the Constitution Commission, the plenary session called to approve the advancement of elections is rescheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday at 11:00 am,” wrote José Williams. on his Twitter account.
Digna Calle accuses Guerra García of proposing a covert re-election
The congresswoman of Podemos Peru and second vice president of the Republic, Digna Calle, denounced that the replacement text that the president of the Constitution and Regulations Commission, Hernando Guerra García, would propose this Tuesday, would hide a covert re-election that would have been agreed by the right-wing benches
“The only formula for which I will vote in favor is the advancement of elections to 2023: first round in October and new authorities in December. Podemos Peru will not support formulas with complementary tricks with covert re-elections. Understand: we’re leaving, “it’s all,” he said through his Twitter account.
Mypes unions request the advancement of elections in 2023
Representatives of the Mypes union urged Congress to approve the early elections for this year and thus put a cold cloth on the political and social crisis.
Congress postpones debate to advance elections at 4:00 p.m.
Despite the fact that it was scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. m, the Mayor’s Office of Congress informed that the plenary session on Monday 31 will be held at 4:00 p.m.
This decision occurs, in the midst of the concessions between benches for the advancement of elections.
Congress will continue debate on early elections at 11:00 am
The Plenary of Congress will resume this morning the session where it will debate the project to advance elections, the same one that was suspended yesterday after the reconsideration of this initiative was approved.
Indeed, the president stated that would call new elections for October 15, 2023 and that the second round be in December. Along the same lines, he pointed out that legislators could make “necessary” constitutional modifications until February 28.
Next, he announced that another of his proposals will be for the next elected legislature to delegate powers to the Constitution Commission and do “a total reform” of the Political Constitution of 1993, and that said change be ratified by means of referendum.
Congress refused to advance elections this 2023
Last Friday, Congress rejected it with 45 votes in favor, 65 against and 2 abstentions. the substitute text proposed by the head of the Constitution Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcíato change the date of the new elections and that these be held this 2023.
Despite the fact that a reconsideration of said proposal was approved with 78 votes in favor, legislators They did not admit that the date of the new general elections be modified. This, as a way out of the political crisis after the protests in various regions of the country.
Debate in Congress on the advancement of the 2023 elections
The plenary session of the Congress voted in favor of reconsideration for the project to advance elections for 2023 presented by the president of the Constitution Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcia. In this way – and with 66 votes in favor, 49 against and 6 abstentions – the initiative will return to the debate.
At the end of the vote, Guerra García proposed an intermediate room to listen to each of the benches and propose a new substitute text. This request was accepted by the head of Parliament, José Williams, who suspended the session.
The latest from Dina Boluarte
Find out in this note the latest information on President Dina Boluarte and her ministerial cabinet led by Alberto Otárola. The head of state gave a message to the nation last Sunday where she called on Congress to approve the advancement of elections to 2023, or otherwise she would present a project on the same matter.
The president indicated that, if the petition does not prosper, the Executive Power will present two legislative initiatives: the first, to debate a reform to cut the terms, both presidential, of congressmen and representatives of the Andean Parliament and to carry out new elections in October.
The second proposal is a bill that establishes that the next elected Congress carry out from the Constitution Commission the total reform of the 1993 Constitution.
