Secretary of Defense: “The solution to the situation with early elections is in the hands of Congress”

Defense Minister Jorge Chávez Cresta said this Thursday that it was in the hands of Congress to find a decision to move forward with elections after the plenary failed to reach consensus on holding them in 2023.

He pointed out that the said authority of the state has a great responsibility in relation to the said initiative and should show aloofness before the nation, for this reason he asked its members to agree.

“Please listen to the citizens, we must get out of this crisis that is happening and is in the hands of Congress there is a solution for the development and well-being of our country,” he said. Jorge Chavez to the press

He also referred to what was pointed out by Chief of Staff Alberto Otarola, who said that on Wednesday the executive branch presented before the table of parts of the Legislature the initiative announced by President Dina Boluarte to advance the elections for 2023.

Due to this protection holder said that while the primary responsibility lies with CongressWhat the executive was looking for was to offer a way out of the trap.

“Our duty as a government and a state is to offer a possible solution to what can be done,” Chavez of the Cross said.

With regard to the unblocking of roads, the Minister of Defense indicated that the rules for entering various regions with affected roads are being worked out in order to take appropriate measures. He specified that the roads of the Northern and Southern Pan-American Highway from Tumbes to Tacna were unblocked.

Executive Proposal

He executive power represented Congress of the Republic a new constitutional reform bill that establishes a change in the term of office of the President of the Republic and the representation of Andean congressmen and parliamentarians elected in the 2021 general election.

The legislative proposal, approved at today’s virtual meeting of the Council of Ministers, provides for the President of the Republic to call a general election to elect the President and Vice-Presidents of the Republic, as well as the Congressmen of the Republic, on the second Sunday of the month of October. year 2023.

The initiative includes four special transitional provisions to Constitution: the first indicates that the term of the president currently in office will end on December 31, 2023. Congressmen will end their representation on December 29, 2023; and representatives in the Andean Parliament on 31 December 2026

It also provides that, in the announcement of the 2026 regional and municipal elections, the President of the Republic, elected in the 2023 general elections, also requires an election for the Andean Parliament, which is sworn in and takes office on 1 January 2027 and ends its representation on 27 July 2028.

The second transitional provision concerns the fact that the President of the Republic elected in 2023 takes the oath and takes office before the Congress on December 31, 2023, and his term expires on July 28, 2028. It adds that the congressmen elected in 2023, they take an oath under the law and take office on December 29 of the same year, and complete their representation on July 26, 2028.

The third transitional provision indicates that the bodies involved in the electoral process take measures within their competence for the optimal and timely conduct of the electoral process, and the fourth indicates that Congress may enact other laws for the 2023 general elections. until February 28 this year.