The plenary session of the Congress will discuss the revision of the issue of approving early elections for October 2023

Congress President, Joseph Williams, announced on his social networks that this Monday, January 30, the plenary will discuss the issue of revising the bill approving the postponement of presidential and congressional elections to October 2023, after it was not approved the day before.

“Congress will discuss this Monday the issue of revising the bill that approves the promotion of presidential and congressional elections. I call on parliamentarians to take the decision that will be made responsibly,” he wrote on Twitter.

Similarly, he announced his commitment to “work to achieve the necessary consensus so that this transition process will give the population peace of mind.”

Recall that at dawn on Saturday, Parliament rejected the initiative to hold elections early this year. with 45 votes in favour, 65 against and two abstentions.

However, after the result became known, a reconsideration of the vote was submitted, which will be considered at this Monday’s meeting.

Since it was a modification Constitutionthe proposal was to receive 87 votes in the two legislatures, or 66 votes ratified in a referendum.

Latest survey by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) for a newspaper Republic indicates that 73% of the population stands for holding such elections this year; while 20% of citizens believe that they should be given in April 2024. Only 5% believe that they should be held in 2026.

Monday Forecast

The announcement by José Williams (Avanza País) comes in the context of violent clashes that took place in the capital last Saturday, January 28, which left one protester dead and another with a dim forecast.

The plenary debate takes place in a context where the left-wing benches demand the inclusion of the Constituent Assembly and, in addition, they consider the election proposal made by Fuerza Popular to be fraudulent.

As is well known, the opinion Hernando Guerra Garciathe president Constitutional Commission stated that the powers of the President Dina Boluarte It will end on December 31, 2023, and its successor will take over from the first day of 2024 until July 28, 2029.

Executive and Legislative Ombudsman

The Ombudsman’s Office issued a statement saying that institutions representing participatory democracy should “make the lives of all citizens a priority”.

“We hope that this democracy prioritizes the lives of each of us: students, police officers, doctors, soldiers, indigenous peoples, businessmen, journalists and civil servants. All of us whose stories cannot be interrupted by bullets, stones or fire.”

Likewise, an entity described as “morally repulsive” that Congress and Government they have failed to implement measures to stop the current social upheaval.

“In this scenario of notorious urgency, the most morally repugnant course of action is to let people die when you have political power in your hands to appease and change the tragic course of our days. The legislature and the executive branch can do this. Every day, someone’s life is in danger, and democracy – that great Republican aspiration – is collapsing before our eyes,” the institution stressed.