:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/7B4JCZZYC5GQ3DFMKTSEJOAHZI.jpg "Congress decides in plenary session whether to debate a new attempt to bring forward the elections 1")
The president of the Congress, José Williams Zapata (Avanza País); and the deputy Hernando Guerra-García (Popular Force) must decide whether the debate to advance the presidential and legislative elections will be scheduled this Friday, February 17, the last day of the ordinary legislature.
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The proposals received the green light from the Constitution Commission, chaired by Hernando Guerra García, on Friday 10.
Popular demand remains in the hands of both. members of congress after the bench Alianza para el Progreso (APP) joined the agreement of the Council of Spokespersonswhose objective is to ask for the discussion of the early elections.
For the new elections to take place, the president of the Constitutional Commission, Hernando Guerra-García, must discuss with his colleagues the proposal to advance the elections and approve it. As, williams, you must add this proposal to the agenda of the plenary session. Thus, the 130 parliamentarians could vote for or against the request of a large part of the citizens.
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Congressman Williams assured that for the Congress It is a priority to debate bills that aim to advance the legislative elections.
On February 14, he explained that the Parliament it could debate it each time the annual duration of the sessions is extended.
“From the moment the annual period of sessions is extended, there is the possibility (that) a bill on the same subject will be incorporated and treated again in plenary,” he said.
It’s the last chance he has Congress decide whether or not to bring forward the elections. After Friday, February 17, parliamentarians will stop working and may return on March 1, 2023, according to Article 49 of the Rules of Congress.
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Regarding the position of Constitutional Commissionchaired by Hernando Guerra-García, until February 14, the Constitution Commission did not discuss the draft law for early elections presented by the executive power.
If he Congress postpones the discussion of the proposal to advance the elections, it would be the fourth time that they refuse to debate this measure demanded by the population through the demonstrations that began in December, with the entry of Dina Boluarte to the presidency and the departure of Pedro Castillo.
On February 1, 2023, the majority of members of Congress decided not to debate the early elections, provided for by the Executive power for October of this year.
At that time, the president of the CongressJosé Williams Zapata, explained that they would schedule the debate on Wednesday, February 8.
“In order to find a consensus within the national representation and at the request of the President of the Constitution Commission, the plenary session called to approve the advancement of the elections is postponed until tomorrow, Wednesday at 11 a.m.”, a he published in his official journal. Twitter account.
Before this decision, the electoral advance had been rejected in the plenary session of the Congress. However, their discussion was reconsidered.
If Congress and the Constitutional Commission manage to carry out the discussion of the progress of the elections in plenary, it will take 87 votes from the 130 congressmen. Then, it must be put back to the vote because it is a reform of the Constitution.
The benches of Congress Renovación Popular, Acción Popular and Perú Libre oppose this measure.