Rejection. The Constitution Commission of the Congress, chaired by the Fujimorist Nano Guerra García, submits to debate, and subsequent vote, the decree of filing of the bill presented by the head of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal TorresTo make it look the legislative initiative of the Executive that proposes to repeal Law No. 31355a rule that limits the question of confidence.
Constitution Commission rejects question of confidence of the Executive
Constitution Commission delays session scheduled on agenda
The Constitution Commission of Congress was scheduled to start with a session this Friday at 11:30 am to file a bill presented by the head of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torres, to repeal the law that limits the question of trust.
According to the agenda, the working group was going to start with the Archive Decree regarding Bill 1704/2021-PE. However, it is almost 30 minutes late.
According to the agenda of this working group, an extraordinary session will be held this Friday in blended mode. The commission has The only point is the Archive Decree regarding Bill 1704/2021-PEwhich proposes to repeal Law No. 31355, regulated in the last paragraph of Article 132 and in Article 133 of the Constitution.
This rule provides that the prime minister, or a minister, can make question of confidence only in matters related to the general policy of the Government. Furthermore, he claims that does not proceed with measures related to the approval or constitutional reforms“nor those that affect the procedures and the exclusive and excluding powers of Congress or other autonomous bodies.”
According to the document prepared by the Constitution CommissionLaw 31355 “does not suffer from any formal or substantive unconstitutionality.”
“If the Executive cannot observe a constitutional reform law, least it can make question of trust of a project that contains it (…). The Government cannot force Congress to approve initiatives of any kind, much less consider them factually denied (…), the law challenged in this case only restores the balance of powers established in the Constitution,” it reads.
Hernando Guerra García, a congressman from Fuerza Popular, chairs the Constitution Commission of Congress. Photo: Antonio Melgarejo/The Republic
last thursday, Hannibal Torres re-sent the document to the head of the Board of Directors, José Wiliamsreiterating the request to present a matter of confidence “in the first session of the plenary session of Parliament that is convened.”
Previously, Joseph William responded to Aníbal Torres pointing out that what was proposed by the Executive Power “is not acceptable”, since the Government would try to raise a question of trust for issues that are “of exclusive competence” of the Congress.
Knowing this answer, Hannibal Torres warned: “The issue of trust is not raised, there is still no question of confidence, but Congress has already declared inadmissible to one question of confidence nonexistent. He has declared an inadmissibility out of the blue.”
