The Congress looks forward to discussing the progress of the elections today after three sessions suspended for lack of consensus.

Failing to reach a consensus among the courts, Congress Yesterday, Tuesday, the meeting was again adjourned to decide whether to move forward with the elections for this year 2023, when almost two months have passed since the protests began demanding the resignation of Dina Boluarte as President of the Republic and the closure of Parliament.

Congress for the third time since Friday, the session has been suspended to discuss and vote on a replacement text that is intended to provide a way out of the social and political crisis with the April 2024 date change, which was approved in the first vote for December 20-October of the current year. The new agenda of the plenary meeting, announced on the Congress Twitter account, is scheduled for this Wednesday, February 1, from 11:00.

For his part, Legislative Chairman Jose Williams indicated on Twitter that the new extension was given at the request of the head of the Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcia, in order to reach a consensus between the benches.

The meeting was to resume at 4:00 pm. yesterday, tuesday; however, the parliamentarians already in the room were informed that they were continuing to coordinate with the parliamentary groups regarding the advancement of the elections.

The proposal to postpone the election to October 2023 was rejected last Friday in the plenary session of Parliament, but on Monday this week Congress approved a revision of the vote, so it will be discussed and voted again.

After the reconsideration was approved, Guerra Garcia requested a fourth adjournment in order to develop a new replacement text by consensus and thus find a way out of the current political crisis. The draft constitutional reform for a new general election requires a minimum of 87 votes to be approved.

Yesterday, Guerra Garcia met with Congressmen Lady Camones (Alliance for Progress) and Alejandro Cavero (Avanza Pais) with Prime Minister Alberto Otarola to discuss proposals for early election.

“We are still negotiating, and we are also waiting for another component, that is, the executive branch, and from there, I hope we can reach a good agreement,” he said, leaving the headquarters of the PCM, located in the right wing of the Government Palace.

So far, among the groups that expressed the greatest opposition to this proposal were Renovación Popular and Acción Popular, as well as Perú Libre. The latter, the party led by Vladimir Cerrón that brought former President Pedro Castillo to power, conditions support early election inclusion of a popular poll to convene a Constituent Assembly at the next election.

By-election proposal

Yesterday in News Extension from PTRnon-member Congressman Carlos Anderson confirmed that one of the proposals that generated 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 (Monday) there were meetings everywhere between all the parliamentarians of different shops. I think we are starting to come to a consensus that we could have a first round of elections towards the end of the year, in December,” he said.

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.

The proposal was criticized by Rep. Sucel Paredes, who is not part of the group, who questioned the possibility that the new replacement text suggests lawmakers have the ability to represent themselves in new elections.

“We are living in a serious political crisis that has been going on for many months, more than 58 people have died in our beloved country, many families are grieving. But we have a solution, we have a way out of this political crisis: early elections. (We can) shorten the presidential and parliamentary order and call new elections. Today we have a replacement text coming out that would allow current congressmen to participate in an additional period.. For me, that would be a quick overview,” he said in a video posted on his social media.