Hania Perez de Cuellar

The Minister of Housing, Hania Perez de Cuellarasked the Congress of the Republic to reconsider its position of not discussing general election advance as a way out of the serious political crisis that the country has been going through for To Boluarte assumed the power to replace Pedro Castillo after his failed coup in December last year.

An anti-government protester and riot police clash during a demonstration in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Plan to toughen penalties for crimes committed during protests is populist, would reinforce authoritarian politics and would be unconstitutional

Experts consulted by GlobeLiveMedia agree that Dina Boluarte’s regime is committed to ineffective regulation that would not bring results and that only tries to criminalize the massive protests taking place in Lima and in the interior regions of the country. .

“I would tell them to reflect and make the best decision for Peru. I think it’s important for Congress to be aware of public opinion and at that time to be accountable for the management, as we will have to be accountable to the public, for what we have been able to do in two months,” he told the Sunday program Cuarto Poder.

The holder of the Housing portfolio recalled that the Executive sent two bills for elections to be held as soon as possible in response to social protests in Lima and the southern regions which demanded, mainly, this material. He stressed that everything was in the hands of the Legislative and that they will continue to work as long as nothing is resolved yet.

The Constitution Commission is chaired by Hernando Guerra García.

Hernando Guerra García considers it “unfeasible” for general elections to be held in 2023

The President of the Constitutional Commission also reiterated that there are certain political groups which do not want to leave despite the clamor of the population. He mentioned that he was not responsible for the lack of consensus and ruled out resigning from his current position.

“We are no strangers to the indignation, frustration, anger, of the demonstrators, in my sector we found 270 structures paralyzed, this means that 3 and a half million people did not receive water and sanitation. How not to understand their anger and frustration towards these people? But it is one thing to express that outrage and another thing to commit acts of violence,” he noted.

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