Jose Williams: “The fastest, constitutional way is a vacancy, but we don’t have enough votes”

New Congress President Joseph Williamsconfirmed that they would invite the President Peter’s castle to a meeting in Parliament to learn about the executive’s agenda, the relationship between both state authorities, and the current status of bills approved by Parliament and stalled in the executive.

“This is a meeting of representatives of the two branches of government (…) We are going to invite him to Congress. Another thing we want to see is the agenda and we’re going to ask him to talk to us about the bills. who have left Congress and who are in the executive branch and not yet accepted,” he said.

In his first interview as head of parliament, MP Country Success He noted that one of his main tasks will be to improve the image of the Parliament. About the political crisis in the country, Joseph Williams considered that “the opposition does not have enough votes” to achieve a presidential vacancy.

The head of the parliament considered that it is possible to achieve the resignation of the president “faster” Peter’s castle this is a presidential vacancy, although he acknowledged that the necessary votes are not available at the moment. Similarly, he was opposed to early elections “with the same rules of the game” that would lead to a repetition of “the same problems”.

“I believe that the fastest, constitutional way is a vacancy, but we do not have enough votes. I also think that at some point Public service He’s going to release something really strong so that the factions of the ruling party start to change,” he said.

“I am sure that when something decisive comes out, the intentions will change. After that, there will probably be something about Dina Boluarte, because it also comes with a pretty consistent constitutional complaint,” he added.

For the new President of the Congress, other measures that are being prepared in Parliament, such as promotion or disqualification Peter’s castle, “this is an open window”; however, he insisted that the investigation conducted Public service “it’s a good chance.”

at another time Williams Zapata welcomed the recent statement by the Minister of the Interior, Willy Huertain which he said that he had requested information on the case of Colonel PNP Harvey Colchado after the distribution of a memorandum on the removal of the above-mentioned officer from the post of head of the Investigation Department.

“If this is not fixed, we have the right to think about many things, since this is protection (for the president Peter’s castle), leave the Police in a bad way, create obstacles for the prosecutor’s office and everyone is in trouble. Apparently this (attempt to delete Harvey Colchado) was an arbitrary decision by some superior, and therefore it was withdrawn,” he said.

Jose Williams invites Pedro Castillo

Congress President, Joseph Williams Zapatainvited the President of the Republic, Peter’s castlemeeting next Friday, September 16, 2022 at 9:00 am at the Legislative Palace.

This was a response to the readiness of the head of state to organize a coordination and working meeting on issues of mutual interest.

“In response to your request to organize a coordination workshop on issues of mutual interest to the nation, with prior approval from the members of the Board of Directors, I invite you to a meeting at the Legislative Palace on Friday, September 16, 2022, at 9:00 am” , – said the head of parliament in an official letter addressed to President Pedro Castillo.

In the same document, Williams adds that this meeting will provide an opportunity to evaluate the various legislative initiatives presented by the executive branch and initiatives proposed by various parliamentary groups that will form the legislative agenda for 2022. -2023 annual session.

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