Jorge Montoya: “Congress has already decided, it will not come to elections”

Popular Renewal congressman Jorge Montoya reiterated this Sunday that holding a general election will not solve the social and political crisis the country has been experiencing since December 2022, and pointed out that the way out is to give the government as much “space” as possible. from Dina Boluarte to “control the attack on the state” that comes from violent protests in the streets.

“There is no solution with early elections and Congress You’ve already made up your mind, no early election. (That is) the will of Congress […] Let’s not waste time on this,” he said. News Extension from PTR.

Thus, the deputy of the heavenly bench hinted at the trap of initiatives to promote elections in Congressafter the proposals of Hernando Guerra García (Power of the People) and Jaime Quito (Free Peru) were rejected in plenary session, and last Friday the executive branch’s bill for elections in 2023 was submitted to the Constitutional Commission.

Montoya blamed those who asked early election be immersed in “extreme confusion” because, in his opinion, Peru is not experiencing a social crisis, but a crisis of “violence and lack of control” generated by the now imprisoned former president, Pedro Castillo.

The parliamentarian said that the ex-president imposed an agenda on the protests: resignation Dina Boluartebecause he considers her a traitor; the closing of the Congress in retaliation for his removal from office and the demand for a referendum on a constituent assembly.

“This is not a political program, this is a program of violence,” he said, adding that there are also parties such as Podemos Peru, Partido Morado and Fuerza Popular that are promoting early elections in “electoral interests.”

The legislator, who declared that the mandates of the President and Congress should remain until 2026, he said the “crisis of violence” must be resolved immediately, and if the president Dina Boluarte he has no way of forcing him to “resign” and take over as the new head of state.

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Montoya also answered questions from Congressman Digna Kalle to her fellow MPs who oppose early election.

“I consider it an insult. Congress The look on Digna Kalle’s face, I feel offended by her words,” he said.

talking to News Extension from PTRCalle said that several congressmen “cling to their seats with all their might” “for self-interest” and because “the quality of life of the majority has changed.”

“This is what does not allow them to step aside and give an outlet, vitality, so that the country can be reborn. […] The population does not love us anymore, we must understand that (…) The residents have a request and among them the closure Congress”, the congresswoman said.

“I did not enter Congress For money I went to serve my country […] I do not accept these accusations that we are not doing anything,” Montoya said in response to the statements of his parliamentary colleague.