The president of Congress, Joseph Williams (Avanza País), responded to the head of the Ministerial Cabinet, Hannibal Torresabout his announced proposal of a matter of trust for a bill of the Executive Power that has not yet been debated and pointed out that his request “is not acceptable.”
In a letter sent to the Prime Minister, Williams Zapata explained that the request refers to procedures that “correspond to the exclusive and excluding faculties” of the Congress of the Republic.
Likewise, he recalled that any filing of a matter of trust must deal with matters or matters within the competence of the Executive Power -strictly, in relation to the general government policy-, and not with respect to the exclusive and excluding powers of Parliament and other bodies. constitutionally autonomous.
LOOK: Nepotism in the Midagri? Daughter of Vice Minister of Agriculture was hired in the same ministry
“We also remind you that the Constitutional Court, supreme interpreter of the Constitution, has already confirmed its decision on the constitutionality of Law 31355 in file 0032-2021-PI/TC, as a result of the unconstitutionality claim filed by the Power itself. Executive in October 2021″he expressed.
In this sense, the head of the Parliament refers that it is not necessary to point out that it would be appropriate to raise a matter of confidence so that this power of the State processes the Executive’s project to the extent that it would be linked to the “safeguarding the democratic system”.
“This interpretation would imply, as has been established with the decision of the Constitutional Court, that Congress cede or abdicate its exclusive and exclusive powers, such as the legislative procedure and the deliberative process within the commissions”he referred.
Thus, José Williams emphasizes that Parliament’s regulations establish that the outright rejection by the Board of Directors it proceeds for that proposal whose purpose is the approval or not of initiatives that interfere with the powers of Congress or that condition the meaning of any of its decisions.
“In that order of ideas and considering what is stated in Law 31355, which is part of the constitutionality block, your request is not acceptable in the terms set forth”he underlined.
Finally, Williams Zapata exhorted Aníbal Torres to respect the separation of powers, democratic institutions and the constitutional rule of law.
