With 11 votes in favour, 10 against and one abstentionthe body, presided over by the fujimorista Hernando Guerra Garciadismissed the proposal by stating that an initiative that has already been rejectedsomething that could only be done during the next annual period of sessions that begins at the end of July.
“The regulation of Congress clearly stipulates that an archived matter cannot be discussed again in the commission until one legislature has passed,” he told reporters Alejandro Caveroparty congressman Advance Country (right), promoter of the vote with which the proposal of the Executive.
“The advancement of elections cannot be dealt with until the next annual legislature, would have to wait until august of this year,” estimated Omar Cairoconstitutionalist and private professor Pontifical Catholic Universityin statements to the AFP news agency.
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The arrival of boluarte to the Executivewho in her capacity as vice president took office in December after the president Pedro Castillo was ousted and arrested after a failed attempt to dissolve the Congress and rule by decree, provoked an outbreak of protests demanding his resignation.
In view of this, the president asked the Congress anticipate the elections, which generated a series of initiatives and legislative debates that they failed and that they included advance the elections to 2024 or this yearor make a referendum to decide whether to hold a constituent assembly.
As none of the proposals prosper, the original date for the elections is maintained for the moment, scheduled for 2026.
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For now, according to analysts, the only option to anticipate the elections would be a resignation of Boluartewhich would lead to the president of the Congress, Jose Williamsto assume command to immediately call elections.
The president already discarded in the past to leave office, but the one who did resign is the second vice president of the Congress, Worthy Streethours after the new project to advance elections to 2023 was rejected.
“I quit in the hope that it recompose the board of directors and a truly democratic and representative formula. From the democratic center we believe that a new board of directors can be the door for the president Dina Boluarte resign and call general elections for 2023,” said Calle in a video posted on his social networks.
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Meanwhile, the protests that have already left several dozen dead continued on Friday in the streets of Dina Boluarteand in the south of the country. “Because of Congress the people are in the streets”; “Dina and Congress the same crap”chanted dozens during a march from the Two of May Square until the San Martin Plazain the historic center of Lime.
The Peruvian Episcopal Conference issued a letter to congressmen on Friday, stating that “your decision is urgent in advance of the elections to safeguard our democratic institutionality“.
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