Congress: By-election proposal leads to greater consensus among judges

The plenary session of the Congress will resume on Tuesday, January 31, starting at 11:00, with a discussion early election generals for 2023, after yesterday the national representation agreed to return to the discussion of the proposal of the President of the Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcia.

Fujimori congresswoman Patricia Juarez announced this yesterday. Information Center RPP who wants to introduce replacement text which allows them to get 87 votes it is necessary to approve the promotion of elections to this legislature, extended until February 10 by order of the Board of Directors.

“The benches that ask for a lot understand that there is something that cannot be fulfilled, at least for now. The final offer is being finalized. If the proposal of one of the political forces is accepted, then we will not be surprised at the high number of votes,” he said.

Hours after the debate in the plenary session of Congress, Congressman Carlos Anderson, who is not part of the group, confirmed that since Monday yesterday, various parliamentary assemblies held meetings to achieve consensus Concerning promotion to elections before the social and political upheavals that the nation is going through.

According to Anderson (former Podemos Peru)one of the proposals that generates the most consensus in parliament is an initiative general electionwhich will take place this year additional. In other words, the term of the next President of the Republic and the new Congress will expire in July 2026.

ungrouped legislator He explained that the proposal establishes that the general election will take place in December 2023, with a runoff in February 2024.

“Consensus is already beginning to form in Congress. Yesterday there were meetings everywhere between all parliamentarians from different departments. I think we are starting to come to a consensus where we could have a first round of elections towards the end of the year, in December,” he commented. News Extension.

However Congressman Anderson commented it Free Peru is one of the benches that opposes offer if it’s not enabled public consultations on the convocation of the Constituent Assembly, which is entrusted with the development of a new Constitution replace the text written in 1993 under the government of Alberto Fujimori.

“It seems irresponsible to me to ask the public constituent Assemblywhen no one knows what the Constituent Assembly is and how it will be composed,” he said. Anderson when considering a proposal Bench Serronista.

Edwin Martinez confirms agreement to hold by-elections

In turn, Popular Action congressman Edwin Martinez confirmed that the aforementioned consensus in the Legislature, after mentioning that all electoral processes require minimum deadlines.

“Almost all the benches agreed to make them in December and [segunda vuelta] February,” he said.

According to the populist legislator, it is necessary that offerhold a by-election, get the approval of a majority parliament provide a way out of the crisis that the country is going through.

“One way or another, we must seek consensus, because the population suffers from the political issue, especially the most needy. We have paralyzed the country due to certain whims of the extreme right and left,” he said.

talking to Tradedeputy representative of the Acción Popular bench, Jose Arriolacommented that the proposal is already in the hands of the Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcia.

If the initiative is approved by more than 66 votes, it will need to be submitted to citizens for discussion through a referendum. If he wins 87 or more votes, Congress will have to submit him to a second vote in the next legislature, which begins in February.