The APP bench adheres to the request to return to the discussion of the progress of the elections in the plenary.

Alliance for Progress (APP) Bench Representative, Alejandro Sotoannounced today, Thursday, that his parliamentary group supported the request to resume the debate on early elections in the plenary tomorrow.

“The goal is to contribute once and for all to the discussion on the issue of reducing the mandate of the president, congressmen and move on to the electoral process this year or in 2024, depending on how I proposed it to the Board of Directors. ,” He said.

In addition, the parliamentarian indicated that his collegium had not previously complied with the said request, because they would not have received it and would not have considered it in Council of Press Secretaries.

“We hoped that there would be a Council of Spokesmen or a plenary meeting today, and we could clarify our position. But since nothing has been convened, we are presenting it directly to a senior congressional official,” he said. . . .

“application He did not receive this virtual act, but he submits a direct official letter to the Oficialía so that we can be considered, and thus the minimum requirement of 66 votes is met. It should be processed tomorrow,” he added.

“We will support the postponement of elections to 2023 or 2024”

representative application He also indicated that if it was decided to discuss both drafts for advancing the elections for 2023 and 2024, his bench would support either of them.

“This should be seen by the Board of Directors and the Constitutional Commission. As congressmen, we express the desire that this issue be resolved as quickly as possible. came, we also voted. Therefore, we are firm and consistent in what we said from the very beginning: early elections, yes, and we are all leaving,” he said.

In turn, the leader of APP, Cesar Acunaleaving a meeting he had this morning with President Dina Boluarte, congratulated his bench’s decision and asked congressmen to “reflect” and not stay until 2026.

“I congratulate you on the decision of the bench, because this is an agreement. application support the advancement of the elections. I call on all benches, 130 congressmen, to listen to the voice of the people (…) As leader and chairman of the party, I call on congressmen to think, listen to the population and not show that they want to stay until 2026, because. they will cause great harm to the country,” he stressed.

It should be noted that the virtual act adhered to by the Alianza para el Progreso bench has been circulating since February 9 last year, when the representatives of the various benches had to adhere to their rubric so that the question could be scheduled in full. However, on that day, after the withdrawal of the signature of the Board of the Arbitration Bloc, this request could not be submitted, since it did not get at least 66 supporters of parliamentarians.

Finally, it is expected that with the accession of APP tomorrow, when the last plenary meeting of this legislature takes place, the promotion of the general election will be resumed.