Congress will continue debate on moving forward with the election after the rejection of Jorge Montoya’s revision.

With 62 votes against, 41 votes in favour, and two abstentions, the plenum of Congress rejected the congressman’s request this Friday. Jorge Montoya (People’s update) to revise vote which endorsed the resumption of debate on advancing a general election to the incumbent legislature.

February 17 at national representation – 69 votes in favor, 35 against and 7 abstentions – approved Constitutional Commission i see him again early election during this annual period of sessions.

After that Congressman Jorge Montoya submitted a reconsideration vote in which the reopening was approved discussion on the progress of the elections. “Because of this issue, we ended up losing seven plenary meetings. The case was reviewed and closed. Fix it,” the retired admiral said.

The chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra-Garcia, noted that this resource, which he called an “obstacle,” prevented his working group from meeting on the issue.

“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 at a permanent meeting, and we wanted to meet tomorrow to consider this issue (early elections), but this will not be possible,” he explained. Guerra Garcia.

However, the plenary session of Congress today rejected a reconsideration of the lawmaker. Jorge Montoyaso the discussion about early electionwhich failed more than twice in the last legislature, will continue its course in Constitutional Commission.

After congressional consent, non-group parliamentarian Carlos Anderson believed that what was decided in the plenary session was “better than nothing”, since his colleague Montoyaas he said, “he intended it not to even be discussed” promotion to elections

“We must continue to try, tuning in to what the population demands (…) We have lost legitimacy, as well as the executive branch. There is a request for a new start,” he said. News RPP.