The President of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal Torresrequested the owner of the Congress, williams zapatato call it to the next plenary session, in order to propose a question of confidence so that the project that repeals Law 31355 is approved.
“Law 31355 restricts the power of the Executive to use the trust issue tool and weakens the democratic system in terms of the powers of an Executive Power that is chaired by the president. peter castle”, Says the official letter to which La República agreed.
Between the arguments of the proposalTorres points out that seven months have elapsed since its presentation to Congress and, to date, the Government’s project does not have an opinion from the Constitution Commission, despite the fact that the request was reiterated on November 2.
“Article 105 of the Constitution establishes the priority nature of the Executive’s legislative initiatives. Despite this, and its priority having been reiterated, by official letter D000041-2022-PCM-GA, it is still unattended. Therefore, we demand that it be exempted from the commission process, ”reads the official letter.
In this way, the Prime Minister highlights that “In accordance with the powers granted by the Constitution, he will go to the plenary session of Congress to raise the issue of trust and expose it in an exhaustive and detailed manner, which reiterates that it be scheduled in the next session.”.
Do you want to know what happens if Congress does not admit the question of confidence? Follow all the details below.
What happens if Congress does not admit a question of confidence that Aníbal Torres will present?
The question of confidence It is only raised by ministerial initiative and in a plenary session of Congress. In this case, yes Hannibal Torres has asked that be convened at the next sessionthen the Government’s initiative will be debated in the same act, otherwise it is declared inadmissible.
The Congress debates on what was proposed and finally votes. To be approved, the question of confidence must receive the vote in favor of half, plus one of the legal number of congressmen (66 votes).
According to the Constitution, if Congress does not approve the matter of confidence, a total ministerial crisis occurs and the cabinet resigns in full.
“If the question of trust is presented by the president of the Council of Ministers on behalf of the Council as a whole, and it is refused, a total crisis of the ministerial cabinet will take place, applying the rule provided for in paragraphl”, says article 86 of the Congress regulations.
Closing of the Congress
The presidential power to dissolve Congress established in article 134 of the Constitution comes only when there have been two total Cabinet crises.
It is not considered that there is a total cabinet crisis when the president of the Council of Ministers resigns unilaterally, nor when President Pedro Castillo chooses to appoint one or more resigning ministers again in his administration.
