The head of state, peter castlesaid he hopes that the Congress of the Republic grants the vote of confidence to the Ministerial Cabinet headed by Hannibal Torres. From the district of Mórrope, in Lambayeque, the president urged to “schedule the urgent issues” that citizens require.
“We are waiting for Congress to side with the people, some congressmen have accompanied me [en esta actividad oficial] of the Cajamarca region and other regions, such as Lambayeque, and they are seeing that beyond the political noise, the most urgent issues must be scheduled”, Castillo Terrones said in dialogue with TV Peru.
Among the issues to be addressed, the head of government mentioned the return to face-to-face school classes, the reconstruction after natural disasters “and the towns ask to be served with water, roads, among other things”.
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In that sense, peter castle He stressed that there is a “tiny group” in Parliament that opposes his administration, but has “the majority of congressmen”, because they know that Peru is “first”.
“has to give us [el voto de confianza]. The Congress, furthermore, the majority of congressmen know that the country comes first. They know that there is a national agenda that we have come to attend to”, he asserted.
“I understand that some tiny group is not going to get out of their heads, but they have their own agenda, that they continue with it, but we are committed to working for the country”, he added.
Confidence vote
On Tuesday, March 8, starting at 4:00 pm, the Plenary Session of Congress will receive the President of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torres, accompanied by members of his Cabinet, to request the investiture. The vote of confidence is given by a simple majority of the 130 parliamentarians.
According to article 82 of the Legislative Regulations, if trust is denied to the Council of Ministers, then the President of the Republic must accept the resignation of the head of the Ministerial Cabinet and the other ministers, “immediately”.
