:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/VMI2TBLIIVEF7HWUSD7ZZODVYA.jpg "Congress LIVE: The plenary will debate the constitutional accusation against Pedro Castillo and the early elections")
If he plenary session of the Congress constitutionally approve accusing Terrones Castle and presidential immunity is lifted, the complaint will return to the Public Prosecutor’s Office to present a formal accusation before the judiciary.
Castle He is complying with an 18-month court order issued after his failed coup attempt, which led Congress to remove him on December 7 for “permanent moral incapacity” and appoint his vice president, Dina , to replace it by constitutional succession. Bolarte.
early elections
In this last plenary session of this legislature, it is also planned to reopen the debate on the bills to advance the legislative elections, this after the APP joined the virtual act of the College of Spokespersons which asked to schedule the said debate at the directive table.
How many votes are needed to approve the final report
The Standing Orders of Congress indicate that agreement to approve a constitutional charge requires the favorable vote of half plus one, without the participation of the members of the Standing Committee, therefore, it would need at least 61 votes for it to be approved.
What time does the plenary debate start?
Parliament’s plenary session will start at 9 a.m. and according to the shared agenda, the President of the Constitutional Charges Subcommittee, Lady Camones, and Congressman Diego Bazán will support the final report which proposes to accuse Terrones Castle for the alleged commission of the crimes of aggravated criminal organization, aggravated trading in influence and collusion.
It is also recommended to accuse Juan Silva Villegasformer Minister of Transport and Communications, already Geiner Alvarado Lopezformer Minister of Housing, for the alleged commission of the crime against public peace in the form of a criminal organization.
The final report was approved by the Constitutional Charges Subcommittee on December 29 last year and then by the Standing committeelast February 10.
The Congress Plenary will debate today, Friday, February 17, the final report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges which recommends constitutionally charging the former President Pedro Castillowho is now in prison serving 18 months in pre-trial detention charged with rebellion for the December 7, 2022 self-coup.
The report, which deals with Constitutional Complaint No. 302, filed by the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, against the former head of state and his former ministers John Silva there Geiner Alvarado.
