The Peruvian Congress has rejected the text presented by the president of the Constitution Committee, Hernando Guerra García, to bring forward the general elections to 2023, after which the session has been suspended and rescheduled for this Thursday.
The text, presented during the day and which reflected modifications in the duration of President Dina Boluarte’s term of office, has been rejected after five hours of debate with 68 votes against, 54 in favor and two abstentions, as reported by Andina.
Subsequently, another vote was taken to begin debating an initiative presented by deputies Alejandro Cavero and Adriana Tudela, from Avanza País. However, it was also rejected with 52 votes in favor, 58 against and 2 abstentions.
After that, the congressman of Peru Libre, Jaime Quito, has requested the debate in minority of another proposal that contemplated an advance of elections for this year accompanied by a referendum on a Constituent Assembly, as reported by the Peruvian media.
Finally, the president of Congress, José Williams, postponed the session for tomorrow Thursday at 10.00 a.m. (local time). In order to be approved, the initiative should have 87 votes, difficult to obtain due to the lack of consensus of the political forces.
Since Monday, Guerra Garcia has been leading a round of contacts with the different parliamentary benches with the aim of reaching an agreement for the advance of the elections, a measure demanded by the demonstrators since the dismissal of former President Pedro Castillo.
The Latin American country is immersed in a deep political crisis after the dismissal of Castillo, who announced last December 7 the dissolution of the Andean Parliament and the establishment of a Government of exception.
After the arrest of the former president, tens of thousands of people came out to protest in different parts of the country to demand the resignation of Boluarte, the dissolution of the Congress and the urgent calling of presidential elections. More than 60 people have lost their lives in the riots between demonstrators and security forces.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
