Civic Coalition: These are 7 constitutional reforms proposed to avoid permanent political crises

This was announced by the representative of the Civil Coalition. Alvaro Henzler, referred to the representation of political candidates, which unite both the executive and legislative branches, and specified that this problem could be solved on his initiative. Hanzler was surprised because in the 2021 general election, 80% of citizens did not vote in the first round for the candidates who advanced to the next stage: Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori.

“It seems incredible to us that 80% of Peruvians did not vote for Fujimori neither for Lock on the last first lap. And it seems to us that the second round did not represent the variety of options that we had as citizens. That’s why the rule is that the two, three or four with 55% of the votes pass. Throughout our history, there have been very few opportunities,” he said in News extension RPP.

Hanzler explained that the alternative to the political crisis was to apply a package of seven reforms to be implemented after the general election.

“Our proposal attempts to understand the resentment we, as most citizens, feel against a disastrous government and a disastrous Congress. These two forces of the state are in constant conflict, polarization, trying to blame, fight, defend and persecute each other. And Government This is mismanagement and the Legislative Assembly does not make laws. And the only thing they do when they do this is to carry out counter-reforms that go against the power of the citizens. Faced with the impossibility of those we choose to represent us, the coalition came together: a diversity of voices from the left, the right, from the center. We are not politicians, but civil, business, trade union and activist organizations. We have come together to give the country a concrete solution,” he said.

“This particular result is a package seven reforms constitutional that we have been working in recent months to slightly improve the rules of the game with these minimal reforms so that when everyone leaves, not the same or worse, but more ethical candidates and with a better balance of power in our country will return. , added.

What is the Civic Coalition?

Alvaro Henzler explained what the Coalición Ciudadana is made up of, and clarified that it is made up of different institutions located at different points on the political spectrum.

“There is a huge variety in size and scope. They range from Sutep and the Civil Engineering Front to networks of businessmen such as Conscious Capitalism and the Agricultural Entrepreneurs Guild. If we were talking about other issues, we would never have reached an agreement with which the exercise of reaching consensus through dialogue was carried out,” he said.

“We are finishing the project legislative initiative of citizens. We will ask Onpe for a set and collect 75,000 signatures so that this project reaches Congress, discusses it and, hopefully, with your votes, it could be put to a referendum,” he added.

In terms of funding, he clarified that Transparency and Proética are responsible for receiving donations to guarantee independence. team.

“We are financed by many Peruvians. The collection of signatures and the communication campaign will cost us a million soles. We collect about 20% of this amount. And we have done two things to maintain absolute transparency: no one can contribute more than 3% of the total, so that we do not lose independence in these efforts; secondly, both Transparencia and Proética, recognized institutions in our country, can receive donations in exchange for a certificate of donation, which guarantees us independence and transparency in the management of funds,” he explained.

constitutional reforms

1. In the second round of the presidential elections, a maximum of four candidates with the largest number of votes, but not more than 55% of the votes, must take part.
2. Elections of congressmen must be held after the first presidential round.
3. Include a minimum of indigenous or indigenous peoples.
4. Persons convicted of serious crimes will be prohibited from applying for or holding public office. They also cannot create, direct, finance or participate in political parties.
5. It is proposed to fix as grounds for bringing to responsibility and exemption from liability crimes related to corruption or organized crime, as well as violation of Article 44 of the Constitution.
6. The figure “permanent mental incapacity” will be replaced by “proven permanent mental or physical incapacity”.
7. The president may be removed from office or disqualified from office after the approval of the tax investigation.