Live: Attorney General backs project before Constitutional Commission to advance general elections

Minister of Justice, Jose Tellosupports front Constitutional Commission executive power project to advance elections in 2023. The meeting is also attended by representatives of institutions such as Renets, ONPE And National Electoral Jury (JNE).

This request comes after the aforementioned parliamentary working group has been convened, in principle, by the President of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otarolato submit a government proposal. However, the PCM requested that this be Tello Alfaro Who is responsible for support?

“We have a modification of the presidential mandate, the congressmen of the Republic and the representatives of the Andean Parliament, who were elected in the general elections in April 2021. We also Elections scheduled for the second Sunday in April current year 2023. Estimated date: October 8,” says the head of Mingjus.

“There will be no early termination in the case of the Andean Parliament. The support is mainly for technical reasons given that they answer to a supranational collegiate body of which Peru is a part via the Andean Community,” he adds.

“In the seventh additional provision of a transitional nature of the Political Constitution of Peru, it will be proposed that all types of rules necessary to carry out these processes be approved by February 28, 2023. This is because in this case we have an exceptional situation that would force us not to apply Article 4 of the Organic Electoral Law, Law 26859 to be aware of is known as the Regulatory Intangibility Clause. This normative intangibility requires that no electoral norm be changed a year before the election. This has already been the subject of other types of rules,” he says.

“The fact that these early elections are very positive is very necessary. And they actually create a sense of legitimacy that we need to be able to make this transition process that is needed,” he notes.

Salas Arenas presents the position of the National Electoral Jury

The head of the JNE recalls that they raised the issue of postponing the elections to 2023.

“Our position on the elections when we were consulted on the draft, which in turn was presented by the executive branch, which said that the vote would take place in April 2024. We concluded that we were satisfied because he allowed the elections to be held. primaries On the day we spoke in Congress, several people died in Ayacucho as a result of their violent intervention in protests. More people died in the days that followed. The electoral system then met with interference from the heads of ONPE and Reniec, as well as We are raising the possibility of holding elections much faster until they end in December 2023.”, – says the head of JNE.

“The electoral system believes that without 230 days to hold elections, this will not be possible. This calculation should be clear: 230 days,” he adds.

“We consider it necessary, if the elections are postponed to 2023, to suspend the primaries, use an additional list of voters, change the electoral milestones regarding the announcement of the elections, the date of the election day, the entry into office and the term of office of the deputy. elected bodies, regardless of whether they were additional or for five years,” he mentions.

Piero Corvetto reveals ONPE’s position

head of the National Directorate of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Piero Corvettois announced on the draft of the promotion of elections submitted by the Executive Branch.

“From February 28 to March 30, there may be changes, observations, disclosure and publication of everything that will be changed,” says Corvetto.

“The first of the reforms worked very well for the 2022 regional and municipal elections, which concerns the periodic monthly delivery of the deceased Renets to ONPE. This allows us those citizens who have died and those who have died since the closing of the voter list can be listed as deceased and can be easily found in order to avoid any problems later,” he says.

“We plan to hold elections from 7 am to 5 pm. Experience has shown that this works very well at this time,” he adds.

Carmen Velarde presents Renjek’s position

Carmen Velarde explains the position of the National Identity and Civil Registry (Reniec) on early elections presented by the executive branch.

“Given the possible scenario of 2023, the use of an additional registry is proposed. What does the use of an additional registry mean? This means using the old registry, the oldest one you have, and including Peruvians who are abroad, as well as young people who are 18 years old. until election day. In this case, if in the 2023 election scenario we used an additional register of the last elections, it would be the register of the 2022 regional and municipal elections. October 2, 2021, which means we will use a registry that is one year and four months old,” he notes.

“To draw up a preliminary register, that is, a new register: 25 calendar days. To send the roster to the National Election Jury and check us: one day. For the jury to check us: 10 calendar days. remarks by jury or citizen: 9 days. That is, that Renek will no longer have a registry in 120 days, but in 45 calendar days,” he adds.

What does the Executive project say about the progress of the elections?

He executive branch 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 elections 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.

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