Board of Directors: This is how nominations go 4 days before the election of a new head of Congress

The plenary session was held last Monday Congress decided by a majority vote to censor Lady Camones as President of Parliament after broadcasting audio recordings with César Acuña in which he orders her to give priority to a bill that will benefit her candidacy for the La Libertad regional government.

After the place occupied by Camones was vacated, the various benches Congress they began to form their positions on the basis of conversations and agreements in connection with the elections scheduled for next Monday.

Opposition without consensus

So far, 3 candidates have been announced to replace Lady Camones. Yesterday morning the representative of the faction people’s action, Elvis Vergara nominated Luis Aragon. Vergara indicated that this election of a candidate was based on the consensus of the aforementioned bench.

“First, we wanted to reunite the caucus, and to do that, we needed to find a congressman who could reach that internal consensus. And it is Luis Aragon, I think, is the person who can achieve, and that is how it was achieved, ”said the representative of the actiopopulists.

It is worth clarifying that finding a “consensus” candidate appears to have been a priority in the caucus elections.

“As I said, the main concern of the bench was, firstly, reaching an internal consensus. The bench was quite fragmented, definitely divided. Apparently, everyone was able to see it, ”he commented.

A similar position was voiced yesterday by the former speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Maria del Carmen Alva.

“The idea is to see if the candidate has consensus, but we’re also talking about trying to find consensus on the candidate. Now the most important thing is that Congress and the benches unite, we can elect a candidate who can become president as soon as possible. The most important thing is the institutionality of the parliament, and not the ability to be in this vacuum,” he said.

This consensus will be the cornerstone of the upcoming presidential election. Congress. However, it seems that there will not be a single candidate on the opposition benches.

Before closing this note in Country Success The candidacy of José Williams Zapata, President of the Parliamentary Defense Commission and a former representative of said parliamentary group, had a strong impact.

Similarly, yesterday the candidacy of Gladys Echais de People’s Renewal, which was received with sympathy by congressmen from said assembly such as Jose Cueto and Jorge Montoya Vergara, and even by Popular Action Representative Elvis Vergara. However, according to Republicat a meeting held yesterday, Renovación Popular decided not to present a candidate for the presidency of the parliament.

“We will not have a candidate. It’s already defined. But we decided to support the one who reaches the greatest consensus,” Congressman Miguel Ciccia told the aforementioned media.

In addition, Renovación Popular spokesman Jorge Montoya asked Acción Popular to “look for a consensus candidate”, although he pointed out that said group should not return to the presidency of the Congress as it had already held that position in the previous legislature.

The left is looking for a candidate

On the side of the bench Free PeruValdemar Cerrón announced yesterday that his parliamentary group, at a meeting held last Tuesday, decided to nominate Guido Bellido, who was the first chairman of the Council of Ministers of Pedro Castillo’s government.

“Congressman Guido Bellido represents the Peru Libre faction. This decision of the faction, it was adopted by a majority of votes. We must respect this decision and support the congressman,” Cerron told the press.

According to the perulibrist parliamentarian, the possible election of Bellido as president Congress this will be an “opportunity” for dialogue with the executive branch. However, Bellido clarified that nothing has yet been determined.

“I accept Cerron’s proposal well, but we have to analyze it, we analyze it. There are different proposals on the bench, we will make a decision in time. This is his proposal,” he said.

So far, the other left benches have not made a decision to nominate or support any of the announced candidates. Deputy Bench Representative Only Honesty and DevelopmentCarlos Ceballos, overtook Trade that his group would not support any of the announced candidates.

“Not because of Bellido, because he represents the radical left. Popular Action had a table and should give another bench a chance. The right has a representative on the table, I don’t think[Williams]is the best,” he told reporters. aforementioned media.

Election of a new owner Congress It will take place this Monday, September 12, beginning at 10:00. and the deadline for applications is the following Sunday, also at 10:00.