Today, Tuesday, November 26, congressmen will vote on the constitutional reform project that eliminates the JNJ. If approved in two legislatures with a minimum of 87 votes, 14 articles of the Political Constitution would be modified. In addition, they will debate and vote on motions of censure against the ministers of Midis and Minagri.
Today, the Plenary Session of Congress will meet from 3:00 pm and will seek to approve the constitutional reform project that eliminates the National Board of Justice (JNJ) with the creation of the National School of Judiciary. In addition, the debate and voting on motions of censure against the ministers will be seen. Romulo Mucho (Ministry of Energy and Mines) and Julio Demartini Morales (Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion), for the cases of Reinfo and Qali Warma.
LIVE Congress: Plenary seeks to eliminate the National Board of Justice with the creation of the National School of Judiciary
What other issue will be sought to be approved in the Plenary Session of Congress?
The Plenary Session of Congress will see the second vote on the constitutional reform that modifies articles 179 and 180 of the Political Constitution. The legislative initiative proposes changes to the election of one of the members of the National Election Jury (JNE) by the Bar Association of all of Peru.
Congress reported that the censure debate against Midis Minister, Julio Demartini, will last 1 hour
Through his official X account, the Congress reported that the debate on the motion of censure against the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS), Julio Demartini, will take place in the afternoon and will last one hour.
Photo: X/Congress
Congress: how many signatures are needed to censure a minister?
According to article 86 of the regulations of the Congress“the motion of censure can be raised by the congressmen after the interpellation, the attendance of the ministers to inform, or due to their resistance to attend in the latter case or after the debate in which the minister intervenes of his own will” .
The motion is presented and must have 25% signatures of the total number of congressmen; that is, 33 signatures.
After that, for a minister to be censured, the motion must be debated between the fourth and tenth day and then put to a vote. To make censorship effective, more than half of the votes of congressmen are needed; that is to say, 66 votes.
Consequently, said minister must resign and the president accept it within a period of no longer than of 72 hours.
Reinfo: why is Minister Rómulo Much facing two requests for censure against him?
The Minister of Energy and Mines (MINAGRI), Rómulo Mucho, will face two motions of censure against him in the case of the Comprehensive Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo).
The congressmen who presented the order of the day argue that “it was only on November 21, 2024 that the draft Law on Small Mining and Artisanal Mining (ASM) was presented; this document does not include concrete measures to extend the term of the Comprehensive Registry of Mining Formalization (REINFO), despite the fact that this has been one of the main demands of the sector”. In that sense, they will analyze Minister Mucho’s censure.
What is the Qali Warma case that led the Midis minister to a motion of censure?
The congresswoman Sigrid Bazan presented a motion of censure against Minister Julio Demartini, after Punto Final issued a report denouncing that the company Frigoincawho provides the food in the program Qali Warmawould have paid bribes to officials of the Regional Health Directorate of Lima (Diresa) to modify the analyzes carried out on the 20 poisoned children in Puno. Along the same lines, he argued that “the mothers of a school in Morropón discovered the insects when they were preparing lunch for the students.”
Qali Warma: Congressman Jorge Flores requested to withdraw his signature in favor of the censure of the Midis minister
The congressman from Podemos Peru, Jorge Luis Flores Ancachi, requested the withdrawal of his signature in favor of the motion of censure against the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis), Julio Demartini, for the Qali Warma case.
Reinfo: Congress will debate and vote on the motion of censure against Minister Rómulo Mucho
Two motions of censure were presented against the Minister of Energy and Mines, Romulo Muchofor the case of Comprehensive Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo). According to the congressmen who support the motion, they accuse Mucho of “inefficient management in handling the expansion of Reinfo and the miners’ demands.”
Photo: Ministry of Energy and Mines
Qali Warma Case: Congress will evaluate the motion of censure against the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Julio Demartini Morales
The Plenary Session of Congress will evaluate the motion of censure against the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS), Julio Demartini Morales, for the Qali Warma case.
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Congress: what is the National Board of Justice that Parliament seeks to eliminate?
The National Board of Justice (JNJ) It was created in 2019, after the case became known The White Necks of the Port in the National Council of the Judiciary, where audios were heard in which the sentences of people investigated for different crimes were negotiated.
The JNJ is in charge of appoint, ratify and dismiss judges and prosecutors.
Photo: JNJ
Congress will seek to eliminate the National Board of Justice with the creation of the National School of Judiciary
The Plenary Session of Congress will debate and vote on the constitutional reform project that eliminates the National Board of Justice and create the National School of Judiciary. The legislative initiative modifies at least 14 articles of the Political Constitution. For it to be approved it must have 87 votes in two legislatures.
Photo: Composition/LR
