The Congress of the Republic has a busy agenda for Tuesday’s plenary session starting at 10 am. Among the most prominent debates is whether the presidential job offer submitted against Dina Boluarteas well as discussion of a vote of no confidence in the Minister of the Interior, Vincent Romeroand a request against the Secretary of Defense, Jorge Chavez Cross.
When boluartThe vacancy offer proposes to discuss his responsibility for the deaths recorded during the social protests that took place in various regions of the country after he assumed the presidency of the Republic after Pedro Castillo’s failed coup d’état.
A document signed by parliamentarians from the benches of Perú Libre, Perú Democrático and Cambio Democrático states that “never in the history of Peru has a government killed more than forty people during demonstrations in such a short time” and that “excessive and disproportionate use of the armed forces and the national police deserves to be entrusted with the responsibility of more than one person, mainly the President of the Republic, since, in accordance with (whereby) the Political Constitution, he is the supreme head of the forces of law and order.
“That’s right, Mrs. Dina Ersilia Boluarte Zegarra, the current president of our country, the one who should take responsibility for all these deaths; First, she was supposed to resign, however, despite the fact that several weeks have passed and the last message to the nation, given by the executive branch on the night of January 9 of this year, it is assumed that both madams. boluartas none of his cabinet members are willing to resign,” the statement said.
Last Thursday, March 30, the presidency took place close to midnight Congress was informed before the Plenum of the proposal submitted against boluart and announced that its adoption would be put to a vote at the next plenary meeting.
Vote of No Confidence Vicente Romero
On Tuesday, the plenary will also debate and vote on approving a vote of no confidence in Interior Minister Vicente Romero over the intervention of the national police on the campus of the National University of the Mayor of San Marcos (UNAMS). January 21 last year, to evict protesters who came to Lima from different regions to participate in marches against President Dina Boluarte.
The reasons for this censorship are based on the fact that Vicente Romero “bears political responsibility for the abuse of power and disproportionate use of force by the police.” In addition, they accuse him of “lack of leadership and unsuitability to lead the sector under his jurisdiction.”
“Censor the Lord Vincent Romero FernandezMinister of the Interior, holding him politically responsible for the abuse of power and disproportionate use of force by the Peruvian National Police during the intervention in National University of San Marcos January 21, 2023, demonstrating a lack of leadership and unsuitability to lead the sector under its jurisdiction,” the petition reads.
No-confidence vote authored by MP Cathy Ugarte (not grouped) and signed by Sucel Paredes (Not grouped), María Aguero (Free Peru), Valdemar Cerrón (Free Peru), Sigrid Bazan (Democratic change together for Peru), Guillermo Bermejo (Democratic Peru), Hector Valer (We Peru). ) ), among other legislators.
Interpellation to the Minister of Defense
Congress agreed on March 23 that on Tuesday, the 4th, at 4:00 pm, the secretary of defense would introduce himself, Jorge Chavez Crossto answer three interpellation sheetswho ask a total of 54 questions.
These are agenda proposals Nos. 5755, 5756 and 5761, submitted by different benches.
The first proposal was supported by Congressman Jorge Montoya (People’s Renewal), the second was supported by Parliamentarian Patricia Juarez (People’s Power), and the third was put forward by Congressman Flavio Cruz (Free Peru).
The first petition consists of an interpellation formulation of 15 questions concerning the death of 6 soldiers of the army while trying to force the river Ilawe in Puno.
In the same way, the minister must answer about the measures prescribed by the executive branch in connection with the protests in different regions and the military actions in the WRAEM.
The second sentence consists of 13 questions, also concerning the death of soldiers in the city of Khuli and the circumstances that led to the said military actions.
Meanwhile, the third sentence raises 26 questions also related to the events that took place on the Ilawa River, in addition to presenting evidence that allows the Ministry of Defense to assert that the military personnel were harassed by the Zhuli mob.
Other topics on the agenda
The agenda of the plenary session includes the opinions of bills 605, 711, 932, etc., which propose to expand the use of the resources of the canon, supercanon and royalties; and a 1964 legislative bill proposing to amend Law 26859, Organic Electoral Law, to improve mechanisms for transparency in the results of electoral processes.
In addition, draft law 125, which proposes to declare the training of teachers engaged in state pedagogical activity in new information and communication technologies of national interest and public necessity; bill 671, which proposes the inclusion of snacks on the working day; and drafts 1518, 1928, etc., which proposed amending section 25 of Law 29158 of the Executive Organic Law, which prohibited the appointment of censored ministers of state within the same constitutional term.
Source: RPP
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