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Constitutional Commission approved this Thursday an opinion proposing constitutional reform to establish an electoral process for the 2023 general election. The said proposal comes from Rep. Digna Kalle, who stressed that the premise is “we’re all leaving.”
An initiative that is also based on a project Susel Paredesreceived 11 votes in favor and 7 against from the benches of Perú Libre, Bloque Magisterial, Somos Perú and Perú Bicentenario.
“Government incompetence, as well as a congressional agenda that does not put citizens first, has led to episodes of unmanageability fueled by constant uncertainty, such as, for example, the rise in the dollar exchange rate as a result of the appointment of the first cabinet,” MP Podemos said in her speech. on the constitutional commission.
The parliamentarian’s initiative is based, according to the document, on a serious incapacity in addition to serious signs of corruption in the presidential environment, as well as on suspicion of mismanagement of interests in the award of public works.
Mandate expires in 2023
The ordinance establishes that the terms of office of the President and Vice President of the Republic, elected in the 2021 general election, will expire on 28 July 2023. Peruvian congressmen and representatives in the Andean Parliament, elected in the same electoral process, their representation ends on 26 July 2023.
In addition, it is specified that the general elections for the election of the President, the Vice-Presidents of the Republic, the Congressmen of the Republic and the representatives of Peru to the Andean Parliament are called by the President of the Republic within 48 hours of the entry into force of this article and will take place on the last Sunday of March 2023.
What is the path to its approval?
Since this is a reform of the Constitution, a qualified vote (87 votes) in two legislative assemblies, or 66 votes to be ratified in a referendum, is required to approve early elections. This is according to Article 2 of the Political Constitution.
The Constitutional Reform Law cannot be enforced by the President of the Republic, who must comply with what is approved by Parliament.
Source: RPP
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