Live: Council of Spokesmen Gets Needed Signatures to Reopen Early Election Debate

The plenary session of the Congress starts at 10:00. According to the agenda, various opinions, demands, bills, constitutional reforms, revisions, etc. are scheduled for this date. In addition, with the support of Fuerza Popular, Perú Libre, Bloque Magisterial, Podemos Peru, Perú Democrático and Cambio Democrático-Juntos por el Perú, the 66 votes needed to restart debate before the elections were obtained.

If it is seen in the plenary today and approved, The executive draft on early elections will be returned to the Constitutional Commissionchaired by Hernando Guerra Garcia to try to reach a consensus.

“Congressmen from various benches referred to the requests that were sent to the Presidium (of the Congress) regarding projects to promote the elections, and it was necessary for the Presidium to give them the regime established by the Rules of Procedure. It is the case that, with the aim of having been placed on the agenda of this session, the delivery of the proposed agreement or virtual minutes of the Board of Representatives has been permitted for the following purposes: to expedite the application process and to do so in accordance with the rules The Board of Directors has never wished to delay the processing of the described actions so that the plenary session of the Congress is the one who decides to review the initiatives related to changing the Constitution to advance the elections, and vice versa. The board of directors is waiting for virtual minutes to process the relevant ordersWilliams Zapata clarified at the beginning of the session.

“Finally, as planned, the plenary session of Congress will be convened today, as every Thursday, in the usual manner to discuss and approve the bills on the agenda. Tomorrow we will have an extraordinary meeting to elect a second vice president. Chairman of the Board of Directors,” he added.

On the other hand, prior to the resignation of Podemos Peru Congressman Digna Calle as Second Vice President of the Board of Directors and the subsequent announcement of the position as vacant, Williams Zapata announced that they had until 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon to submit the relevant applications.

What is the agenda for this plenary session?

On the agenda is Bill 1964″which proposes to amend Law 26859, Organic electoral lawoptimize the mechanisms for transparency of the results of electoral processes”. In addition, Bill 580 was expected to be discussed, “which proposes to establish automatic ownership of informal possessions in informal settlements.”

A reconsideration of a vote on new replacement text for bills proposing constitutional reform to restore bicameralism in Congress is also scheduled. Recall that the first voting took place on July 15, 2022, during which 71 people voted in favor, 45 voted against, and 6 abstained.

Another forthcoming revision is the vote on the new replacement text of bills 206, 612 and 3902, which proposes to cancel the vote of confidence after the presentation of the new composition of the Council of Ministers. It should be noted that this initiative was promoted by Fujimori congressman Hernando Guerra Garcia.