Progress in the elections: the reaction of congressmen to the re-discussion of the draft in Parliament

The plenary session of the Congress, with 69 votes to 35, with 7 abstentions, approved the resumption of debate on holding a general election; In other words, the Constitutional Commission may return to consideration of the issue after expanding the agenda and discussing it in the current annual period of meetings.

RPP news requested the opinion of parliamentarians after approval at the plenary session of the Congress. Kirra Alcaraz, a Podemos Peru legislator, criticized the intention to once again expand the legislature to see the election progress. In this sense, this project can only be seen in March, reaching a consensus.

“Many congressmen are already in their districts and provinces. At the last moment, you cannot imagine an expansion of the legislature. He is pulled by his hair. employees. Since last week, they already have plans to see what is happening in their cities,” he said.

For my part, President of the Congressional Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra Garcia, reported that after the last plenary vote to advance the general election, a reconsideration was submitted by parliamentarian Jorge Montoya so that a second vote could be taken. Therefore, he warned that the initiative in the group he leads is not yet visible.

“Since there is a second consideration, the plenary session does not submit the draft to the Constitutional Commission; it prevents us from sitting. The Constitutional Commission is in permanent session, and we wanted to meet tomorrow to consider this issue (early elections), but this will not be possible,” he stressed in press statements.

Alex Florescongressman from Peru Libre, said the public expected early electionbut they regretted that the rightists were “rocking” the population by not fulfilling the basic requirements.

“We see them delaying again early election, because its discussion and approval in the next legislature is another wave for citizens. Here the responsibility lies with the board of directors, because it is they who have the right to expand the legislature. (Constituent Assembly) was not an obstacle; on the contrary, it was a solution to one of the problems of the mobilized population,” he said.

Flores warned that if early election seen in another legislature, this will lead to a possible general election only in 2024.

Alejandro Munantethird vice president of Congress, explained that the draft early election it will first be considered by the Constitutional Commission, but will not be debated in the current legislature.

“What we will see, in addition to a very tough vote, is that we will have a majority opinion from the Constitutional Commission, where, of course, there will be no Constituent Assembly and another minority opinion with a specified figure. vicious circle,” he said.

Alejandro Sotoa spokesman for Alianza Para el Progreso, said it was most prudent to hold presidential elections in April 2024, although they have always supported the idea of ​​holding them this year.

“We did not set the condition that we go with the Constituent Assembly or with constitutional reforms. The APT has been consistent and stated that we are going to the elections in 2023. We voted to hold elections in 2024, but it was Fuerza Popular that ruined everything. This is the first achievement that we had in Congress, this is where the crisis was born, ”said the parliamentarian.