Edward Malaga is against postponing elections to 2023 because it will hinder reforms.

This Friday, Congressman Edward Malaga Trillo, who is not part of the group, appeared in disagreement proposals from the Fuerza Popular political party to promote general election this year, not April 2024 as suggested executive power.

Fujimorista group yesterday called on the Congress to renew an initiative put forward by the president of the Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcia (FP) a few months ago, so that new elections can be held this year.

Added to the Fujimorist proposal is a timetable proposed by Congressman Flor Pablo, who proposes that new authorities be elected on October 15.

AT News extension, Malaga threshing felt that changing the original timeline would hinder reforms selective D policy which, in his opinion, will contribute control from the country.

“I don’t agree with that. [propuesta de Fuerza Popular]but not necessarily for a period. When we talked a few months ago about how we got out of the crisis, Mr. [Pedro] Castillo in government and I said that we have to follow three steps: vacancy, reforms and promotion of elections. The priority is reforms,” he said.

“Yesterday maneuver or request for revision to change the date [de elecciones] from 2024 to 2023 it was an attack on the benches ahead. It is not clear whether they are convinced that the reforms will not be carried out, this is their pretext to say that everything must be promoted, or we are already campaigning,” he added.

Postponement does not guarantee violence will stop

for congressman Edward Malagait is wrong to say that postponing new elections will pacify social upheaval who took more lives 50 people and hundreds were injured in clashes between protesters and police.

“I’m not sure that simply postponing elections by four or five months will end the violence. To say that by doing this we will calm the situation in the country is a very irresponsible forecast,” he said.

“Whatever the time frame, we must be sure that … we will have some minimal reforms that will not force us to fall into the same thing,” he added.

In this way parliamentary He denied that he intended to stay in office longer, but rather, he explained, it was about conducting procedures in a “responsible” manner.

“Things must be argued […]. It’s not that congressmen want to stay – we are already reducing the mandate by two years – but to do it responsibly, ”he said.