The plenary session of Congress meets on Friday 3 to see the review of the early elections. (Andean)

The Plenary of Congress of the Republic will meet this Friday, March 3 to address, among other things, the review presented by Congressman Jorge Montoya, of Renovación Popular, regarding the early elections.

This was reported by the head of the board of parliament, Jose Williamsof Avanza País, in Council of Spokespersons.

Legislator Montoya introduced the review at the end of the legislature last Friday, February 17, but – in the opinion of experts – to further delay the problem and that the possibility of Peruvians returning to ballot papers we are in 2023.

In the analysts' reading, members of Congress do not want to leave their seats and only watch "expand" its sustainability.  (Reuters/Gerardo Marin)
In the reading of the analysts, the congressmen do not want to leave their seat and seek only to “prolong” their permanence. (Reuters/Gerardo Marino)

According to the same experts, if the early elections were to be approved with 66 votes, it would inevitably have to go to a referendum, a process that can take at least five months. This would allow for new legislative elections, but for 2024.

He Congress of the Republic He has refused up to four times to advance the general elections for this year. The most recent was recorded on Friday, February 3, when the Constitutional Commission blocked the draft constitutional reform, sent by the executive. The parliamentary decision was to postpone the debate to see the question until July or August.

The only time the full Parliament agreed on the issue in December 2022, when they approved by majority and in the first vote that the elections take place in April 2024.

One of the demands of the mobilized population is that the elections be brought forward for this year.  (Andean)
One of the demands of the mobilized population is that the elections be brought forward for this year. (Andean)

It has been learned that the next parliamentary session on Friday will also see requests for arrest presented against the Minister of the Interior, Vincent Romeroto respond “on the abusive and disproportionate acts of repression by the National Police both in the streets of Lima and at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos”.

The first motion of interpellation against the head of the Interior bears the number 5371, presented by the benches of Perú Libre, Cambio Democrático-Juntos por el Perú and Perú Democrático and the second bears the number 5389, of the Magistral Bloc, Perú Libre , Perú Bicentenario, Democratic Peru and Podemos Peru. It is requested that the holder of the said portfolio respond to the police intervention carried out in the said house of higher studies, on January 21, 2023.

Besides, Jose Williams He clarified that during the session, it is planned to appoint the members of the special commission of inquiry to determine the political responsibilities behind those who died during the demonstrations that have been recorded in various regions of the country since December 7, 2022. , which was last approved. January 12.

Another issue that will be addressed will be the formation of a special multi-party commission for the prevention of disaster risks that may occur in the national territory.

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