Nano Guerra Garcia: “Advancing the elections is a matter that will no longer be debated in this legislature”

Constitutional Commission President Hernando Guerra Garcia acknowledged on Monday that the issue of early election. This came after no consensus was reached on the approval of a bill promoting the initiative.

“The issue of early elections is an issue that, for the moment, will no longer be discussed in this legislature. The possibility that it may be raised in the next legislature is always open, but it is a question that should be raised when elections begin. next legislature as it would not be possible now,” Guerra Garcia said in media statements from the Hall of the Lost Steps.

The legislator also clarified that there is still an opportunity to try early electiondespite the position of some parliamentarians who believe that agreements will not be reached because of the interests of the bench.

“There is always an opportunity to see this space, it depends on the scale of the crises that we have. I believe that we have a crisis of large political proportions, and I do not rule out that this issue is visible in the future,” he said. added.

The Congressional Constitutional Commission rejected on March 14 the forecast to postpone the general election to 2023. With 12 votes against, 9 in favour, and no abstentions, a parliamentary working group chaired by Hernando Guerra Garcia rejected an initiative to change the term of President Dina Boluarte, legislators and representatives in the Andean Parliament.

Congresswoman Lady Camones, in an interview published in Tradeindicated that he did not agree with the progress of the general election and therefore voted against the ruling in the Constitutional Commission.

“My position has always been this: I do not agree with early elections, I have not been before, nor now, nor will I be later. This is my decision (…) And the vote against in the Constitutional Commission (…) is that this proposal is not feasible,” he said.

The government continues to support early elections

Justice Minister José Tello stressed that the executive branch maintains its position in favor of early elections; however, he indicated that the matter was already in the hands of Congress.

Tello announced for Las Cosas Como Son de RPP news that parliamentarians will have to analyze and decide whether they approve or not, and that the government will no longer interfere in this matter.

“We, as the executive branch, have twice stated that we are considering the possibility of holding elections and early termination of mandates. We adhere to this position, but here a detail arises: we are already in front of a parliamentary process, and the Congress must decide this issue. ” said the Minister of Justice.