TC admits in less than a month the request to restore the re-election of the members of Congress

He constitutional Court admitted in less than a month a trial of unconstitutionality that aims to restore the re-election of members of Congress, despite the fact that in 2018 more than 13 million Peruvians opposed the return of parliamentarians to the Legislative Power.

Regarding the non-re-election of members of congressthe National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) concluded that 13,598,123 voters (85.81% of valid votes) voted in favor of “Yes”, while 2,248,887 (14.19%) were in favor of the non-modification of the magna carta.

This claim of unconstitutionality It was presented by Jorge Lazarte Molina, founder of the conservative group Integridad por el Perú. Through this legal resource, he seeks to declare unconstitutional Law 30906, a constitutional reform law that prohibits the immediate re-election of members of congress.

There asked was presented on January 27, 2023, on behalf of more than 5,000 Peruvians and its admission for processing in the constitutional Court it was scheduled for the February 21 session.

The bone grandstands They cited a 2004 ruling in the resolution with which they admitted the aforementioned unconstitutionality claim for the treatment. They mention that if a constitutional law violates the Magna Carta itself, the constitutional Court “has the right” to assess the request.

It should be noted that Jorge Lazarte filed this claim of unconstitutionality with the support of constitutional lawyer Aníbal Quiroga. This lawyer has represented Congress on several occasions in proceedings that began in constitutional Court.