Pedro Castillo wants to change the Constitution to satisfy Vladimir Cerrón

The ideology of Vladimir Cerron It was always present in the intentions of the ruling party. Not only in Congress was the Peru Libre caucus responsible for promoting ideas against the Constitution, but now the head of state, peter castleannounced a bill so that in the regional and municipal elections in October, a referendum is consulted if the country agrees with a new Magna Carta.

“We are going to send a bill to Congress, following the constitutional course, so that in these upcoming municipal and regional elections, Congress approves this bill so that, through a certificate, the Peruvian people are consulted whether or not they are under a new constitution”, he expressed from the VI Council of Decentralized Ministers that took place yesterday in Cuzco which, by the way, was more a meeting of the closest friends of Vladimir Cerrón.

He added that “Congress has this power in its hands, and we will send that project that we are going to work on immediately”.

The announcement prelude

It is no coincidence that the president announced an initiative in favor of referendum four days after his caucus, Peru Libre, presented a bill to authorize the president to call for the election of 300 members for a constituent Assembly that would work in parallel to the Legislative. That is to say, money from all Peruvians would go to maintain 300 comechados that in their majority would respond to the ideology of the pencil, but camouflaged in the misnamed defense fronts.

Nor was it a coincidence that he did so in Cusco, where – last Monday – both Prime Minister Aníbal Torres and the head of Mincetur, Roberto Sánchez, misrepresented the motivation for the protests over the tourism crisis, assuring that the population was demanding a new Constitution.

This pattern was repeated yesterday, because, prior to Castillo’s pronouncement, leaders of Peru Libre, congressmen from his party and spokesmen from sectors close to the ruling party spoke in favor of a Constituent Assembly.

For Robert Chiabra (APP), the president, in an attempt to evade responsibility for his mistakes, would seek to blame the media, Congress and the Constitution for the instability in the country. “This session in Cusco was oriented so that everyone would ask for a new Constitution. I highly doubt Congress will pass it.“, said to Peru21.

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He made reference to the previous proposal of the pencil, promoted by Margot Palacios. “This, added to what Congresswoman Palacios presented, was a sign that they were already formulating a fictitious request, because it is not the request of the population.”he stated.

The constitutional path

President Castillo indicated that, for his purpose, he would respect the constitutional path. Former Minister of Justice Marisol Pérez Tello found contradictions in the above. “Demonstrates little knowledge of the parliamentary process. It is obvious that behind it there is an attempt to confront the country by putting on the table a debate that does not exist”, he asserted to Peru21.TV.

He added that, to achieve his objective, article 206 of the Constitution would have to be modified. “For that you need two legislatures. That would make it impossible for this JNE or any other to call the referendum on the same date as the municipal and regional elections.“, accurate.

the constitutionalist Charles Hakanson He indicated that, according to the current Constitution, it is not possible to propose changing the text of the Magna Carta in a Constituent Assembly parallel to Congress. “The total or partial reforms of the Constitution can be made through the referendum but linked to the fact that Congress is in charge of establishing the procedure. You can never change the constitutional text through a constituent”, he explained.

The lawyer Omar Cairo also spoke with this newspaper, who pointed out that a constitutional reform project would have to be presented. “The Constitution does not provide for the direct consultation of the people on whether or not they want a new Constitution. As he (Castillo) has said that he is going to respect the constitutional course, what he has to do is present a draft constitutional reform”, he referred.

“It is the famous Bolivarian breeze”

Analysis by Ernesto Álvarez, former president of the TC

President Pedro Castillo knows that Congress is not going to approve this initiative, which does not correspond to a constitutional reform to improve the political act, social rights or the economic model, but works as the key to change the democracy towards a socialist authoritarianism.

The chances of Congress passing it are pretty remote. The issue is that this initiative is going to be accompanied by elements that we have already seen in Bogotá and in Santiago de Chile, the famous “Bolivarian breeze”, which will bring together the activists, authorities and sub-prefects appointed by the government, mobilizing citizens who, under the pretext of rising prices, will be manipulated into demonstrating in favor of a plurinational and Bolivarian constitution. A great battle is coming for the defense of democracy.

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PEDRO CASTILLO fulfills the wishes of VLADIMIR CERRÓN From Cusco, PEDRO CASTILLO will seek a REFERENDUM in the next regional elections to CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION. We spoke with the former president of the Constitutional Court, Ernesto Álvarez. We analyze the president’s proposal with the constitutionalist Carlos Hakansson. We spoke with former Minister of Justice Marisol Pérez Tello.