Alejandro Mugnante points out that Anibal Torres would have violated the Constitution by declaring a trust.

Alexander Munantethe third Vice President of Congress, indicated on Tuesday that Prime Minister Anibal Torres would commit “an open violation of the Constitution” with a matter of trust presented an initiative aimed at the abolition of the norm governing the specified constitutional mechanism.

In statements to Air-night edition rotor RPP Noticias, legislator of Renovación Popular questioned the nature of the measure announced Hannibal Torresas he pointed out that this was contrary to the provisions constitutional Court regarding the use of the trust question.

“(Anibal Torres) bears not only political responsibility, but also an open violation of Constitution. So we will definitely have to evaluate, we will already meet with my bench and this cannot go unpunished, a person who occupies a high position in the country cannot do what he wants, ”he said.

Proposes censorship of Anibal Torres

In this sense, Munante believed that Anibal Torres should not remain in the post of Chairman of the Council of Ministers, for which the President Peter’s castle I have to remove him from office. However, he stated that this would not happen, so Congress should facilitate the censorship of the head of the ministerial cabinet.

“The problem here is not so much Hannibal TorresThe problem lies with the government as a whole, and unless it resigns, Congress will have to censor Anibal Torres. I think the prime minister has been in this position for too long already, and it spoils all that little speech that the president made in the media, trying to show himself as both a victim and a conciliator, ”he said.

Similarly, he pointed out that the decision to raise the question of trust was not only an idea Hannibal Torres, but this is part of the whole strategy of the government before the arrival of the mission of the Organization of American States (OAS). Therefore he said that Council of Parliament He would make the “best decision” not to participate in what he considered a “circus” from the executive branch.

A matter of trust

Council of Ministers President Anibal Torres said in a formal letter to the President of Congress on Tuesday, Joseph Williamswho will represent a matter of trustfor Parliament to discuss and vote on a draft executive power aimed at the abolition of the rule governing the specified constitutional mechanism.

Torres is demanding that Parliament schedule a discussion and vote on draft 1704/2021-PE as soon as possible, which proposes to repeal Law 1355, which regulates the issue of trust.

According to the document, the initiative Government it was proposed on April 8 and still has no opinion in the competent commission. This is despite the fact that Article 105 of the Constitution establishes that legislative initiatives put forward by the executive branch must be considered without delay.

“Despite this and the priority confirmed by the official letter dated November 2, 2022, it remains without attention. Therefore, we demand that this be exempted from the procedure in the commissions, which is parliamentary practice when the situation requires it, as in this case, ”says the official letter sent by Anibal Torres to Congress.