In the first section of the session, it was voted down, by 69 to 53, a motion that proposed reconsidering a minority opinion to advance voting to 2024which has been rejected.
“Please, listen to the citizens, we have to get out of this crisis that is taking place and it is in the hands of Congress to have a solution for the development and well-being of our country”, said the Minister of Defense, Jorge Chávez before the press, according to the state news agency Andina.
chavez He recalled that the government of President Dina Boluarte sought to “provide a possible solution” by presenting a proposal to advance elections to October 8 of this year.
For his part, the Chief of Staff, Alberto Otárola joined the request: “We hope that Congress puts this bill on the agenda promptly, if possible in the next few days and return to discuss and reflect on the need for peace and tranquility that the country requires and a correct reading of the meaning of the urgency that the democratic perspective needs in these difficult moments for the country”.
The Minister of Justice assured today that The Boluarte government “has no intention” of sustaining itself beyond 2023For this reason, the proposal that he presented contemplates a first electoral round on October 8 and a ballot between November and December, so that the new authorities take office on January 1, 2024.
“What we hope (with this initiative) is that there will be almost five years of stability, because the project proposes a term of office for July 28, 2028“, he explained.
“It is time to think about Peru,” said Boluarte
The president also spoke about the advancement of the elections and called on all sectors to put aside differences and “work together” and assured that his government remains “firm to defend democracy.”
“I want to make a exhortation to all sectors to put aside our differences and let’s focus on working together right now. The Peruvians and the Peruvians They ask to end the confrontation once and for all and polarization. It’s time to think about Peru. We cannot plunge the country into uncertainty and anxiety,” the president said during an activity in Piura, in the northwest of the country.
“Violence, radicalism and polarization directed from a place in the Diroes It is not going to make us lower our heads or morale,” he said, referring to the prison where Castillo is being held, according to RPP radio.
Source: Ambito
