Silvia Monteza has been elected as the new Second Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Congress.

The plenary session of Congress elected the lawmaker this Friday Silvia MontezaPopular Action, as Second Vice President of the Board of Directors of Parliament, headed by José Williams.

The congresswoman defeated the other four contenders in the first round with 52 votes; however, failing to garner the required number of votes, a second vote was given in which he competed with Alfredo Azurin (Somos, Peru).

Silvia Monteza he won with 67 votes while Azurin barely got 27. Thus, he will take the position left by Rep. Digna Kalle. The legislator took her position today in a short swearing-in ceremony led by José Williams.

The other candidates were José Balcazar (Free Peru), Isabel Cortes (Cambio Democrático-Juntos por el Perú) and Elisabeth Medina (Bloque Magisterial de Concertación Nacional). 115 congressmen voted on this issue.

Congress: official results of the first vote

Alfredo Azurin 21

Jose Balcazar 14

Isabella Cortes 10

Silvia Monteza 52

Elizabeth Medina 9

White 2

zero spoiled 7

Congress: Results of the second round

Silvia Monteza 67 votes

Antonio Azurin 27 votes

White 6 votes

11 votes

Exit from Digna Calle

Congresswoman Digna Calle (Podemos Peru) tendered her irrevocable resignation to the second vice president of the Board of Directors on Feb. 3, hours after the government’s 2023 election promotion project was rejected.

Likewise, he demanded a change in the composition of the entire board of directors of Parliament and the resignation of President Dina Boluarte in order to hold a general election.

This was stated by the deputy in the program “In the spotlight of Saturday”. PTR that many parliamentarians “do not have the ability to step aside” to give up their interests in favor of a way out of the political and social crisis that the country is now experiencing.

“What I’m about to say is regrettable, but it’s that most of my fellow congressmen have benefited financially, over 90 congressmen have increased their income by more than one hundred percent,” he commented.

“I think this is the only reason to postpone early elections. They have improved their way of life and, unfortunately, do not want to part with it; and put pretext after pretext (not to approve the submitted proposals),” he added.

Legislative expansion

He Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CongressJose Williams, decided to extend the current legislature until the next Friday 17 February to “consider and discuss issues of national interest included in the agenda”. By Decree 002-2022-2023-P/CR, Williams Zapata decided to extend the date that was supposed to end this Friday.

Among the reasons for extending the term of office, the head of parliament indicated that the draft law 3941/2022-PE, which requires the delegation of legislative powers for a period of ninety days on economic issues and state administration, should be discussed and put to a vote. .