The plenary session of the Congress today resumes the debate on early elections. However, at the close of this note there was no consensus. In the midst of this entrapment that only contributes to the Executive and Legislative staying until 2026, the National Assembly of Regional Governments (ANGR) had a session yesterday at the Municipal Theater of Limawith the presence of the acting and elected regional presidents, where they discussed what solutions this political crisis requires.
The unanimous decision was to demand that Parliament approve advancing the general elections to next year. In a statement released on Twitter, at the end of the session, he reaffirmed this position: “The Congress of the Republic must comply with approving the early elections demanded by the people, so that the violence stops!”
“We reiterate that our position is that the early elections be carried out in the year 2023 and cut the presidential mandate within the framework of the Constitution, in the same period, as an effective way out of the political crisis. Initiate the debate on the necessary political reforms,” added the pronouncement.
Upon his departure, the governor of Apurímac, Baltazar Lantarón, reiterated that they are suing the Legislative assume “its historical position”. “They are having an obstructionist position before the historical moment that the country has put. We want social peace and that social peace will be with the advancement of elections, it is the constituent moment so that the people can elect the congressmen who want to change the Constitution”, he told La República.
But not only the ANGR asks the Parliament to give the green light to this exit. In Huancayo, yesterday afternoon, Cardinal Pedro Barreto led a mobilization for peace and also did the same. “A month and a half ago I said that former President Pedro Castillo should step asideI also said that the exit was the advancement of elections, ”he said.
This controversy also came to be addressed in the United Nations. The UN Secretary, António Guterres, indicated that they remain concerned about our situation and considers that a new electoral process “can be an important factor in restoring social peace in the country.”
Intransigence prevails
The problem is that a sector of the right, represented by Avanza País, Renovación Popular, Somos Perú and Podemos Peru, opts for the elections to be held in April 2024 as initially proposed, through a bill, by the Executive.
“We have to do something logical. We are asking that the most logical thing is that the elections be in April 2024″, said Enrique Wong, spokesperson for Podemos Peru.
In your hands. Plenary session of Congress resumes debate today. Photo: Antonio Melgarejo/The Republic
While on the left, on the benches of Perú Libre, Perú Democrático, Perú Bicentenario, Bloque Magisterial and Cambio Democrático, their legislators do not intend to support the opinion of early elections by December 2023 for two reasons: that the electoral process be earlier and that it be accompanied by a referendum for a constituent assembly. Otherwise, they will vote against.
In this Tuesday’s session, the Plenary will first vote on the reconsideration of Eduardo Salhuana, from Alianza para el Progreso (APP). Once this resource is approved, the political forces will discuss, propose modifications and vote on the opinion again. The crisis and the convulsion deserve white smoke to come out of the hemicycle.
Project
Insist. Democratic Peru congressman Hamlet Echevarría presented a bill to include in the early elections the consultation on the possibility of a national constituent assembly for a new constitution.
reactions
Pedro Barreto, Archbishop of Huancayo
“I am outraged by what happened last Friday in Congress. We cannot accept that Congress does not do its part to advance the electionsThat’s a general cry.”
António Guterres, UN Secretary
“We are following with great concern the situation in Peru and we believe that it is absolutely necessary that there be a dialogue between all the political and social forces of the country”.
Baltazar Lantarón, Governor of Apurímac
“In Congress they are taking an obstructionist position in the face of the historic moment that the country has given it. We want social peace, and that peace will be with the advancement of general elections.
