Early elections LIVE: heated debate around the proposal of Peru Libre

Alejandro Cavero (Avanza País) was against changing the constitution

Jorge Montoya is against the early elections and affirms that they should stay until 2026

Adriana Tudela criticizes the opinion of the left for wanting to change the constitution

Adriana Tudela criticizes the opinion of the left for wanting to change the constitution

Sigrid Bazán points out that there is terruqueo and ignorance among those who oppose the bill to advance elections

Hernando Guerra García (Popular Force) points out that the left hates the current constitution and that is why they want to end it. He maintained that the referendum is blackmail to stay in office

Flavio Cruz and Sigrid Bazán’s response to Juan Carlos Lizarzaburu for his words against native peoples and representative flags

Juan Carlos Lizarzaburu, from Fuerza Popular, ignites the debate with a critique of native peoples

The debate continues in the Congress of the Republic with the presentation of the spokespersons of each bench

Congress of the Republic in debate and subsequent vote (Victor Vasquez /)

Héctor Valer (Somos Perú) ends his presentation shouting and cheering for the Aprista party and Haya de la Torre

Debate time will be five minutes for each speaker of the parliamentary groups, without interruptions and without additional time. Eight minutes for non-grouped congressmen, time that may be transferred between them if it is not used, without interruptions and without additional time. Start by talking Héctor Valer (We are Peru)

There will be three hours of debate divided between the benches. The rapporteur reads the opinion promoted by Peru Libre to advance elections with a referendum

Before the debate, Jaime Quito (Libre Peru) presents his arguments on the bill he presented to advance elections with a popular consultation for a constituent assembly

With 53 votes in favor and 69 against, the reconsideration of the minority opinion presented by Avanza País is denied

The debate is restarted in the Congress of the Republic. Alejandro Cavero (Avanza País) takes the floor to present his project to advance elections

Plenary session suspended

The board of directors of the Congress of the Republic reported the suspension of the plenary session scheduled for 11 this morning. The session will be at 3:00 pm

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Boluarte defends the early elections to appease the protests that have left 48 dead since the dismissal and arrest of Castillo after he tried to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.

Parallel to the political crisis, protests persist with road blockades that have caused fuel shortages such as domestic gas in various regions, including Tacna.

Demonstrators clash with police during a protest to demand President Dina Boluarte’s step down, in Lima, Peru, January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda (SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA/)

Alonso Cárdenas, professor of Political Science at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (UARM), said that this new rejection marked “the total divorce between the political class and the citizenry.”

In the march on Wednesday, Peruvian flags and wiphalas (the seven-color flag of the Andean peoples) abounded. “If Dina does not resign from Lima, she will die of hunger,” shouted peasants from Ayapata, in Puno, a mining and farming region.

The leftist congressmen applauded the rejection of the bill presented by the Fuerza Popular party, but presented another text in which they want it to be approved with the referendum by the constituent assembly.

The rejected text contemplated anticipating the general elections for next December and that the new authorities would take office in May 2024.

“The purpose of this proposal is only one, we have advanced this issue because our country is bleeding to death,” warned Fujimori parliamentarian Hernando Guerra García.

After assuming command of the country on December 7 as interim president after the removal of leftist Pedro Castillo, Dina Boluarte said she would end her official term in 2026, but the outbreak of protests demanding her resignation led her to cut the term to April. of 2024 and later propose to carry them out this same year.

After the rejection of the Fuerza Popular proposal, Dina Boluarte issued a message on her Twitter account where she regretted “that Congress has not reached the necessary consensus to advance the elections” and reiterated that she will “immediately” present a bill where she insists on his plan to hold a general election this year.

I regret that Congress has not reached the necessary consensus to advance the elections. As I announced in the last message to the Nation, we will immediately present the bill so that Peruvians can democratically elect their authorities in 2023.

– Presidency of Peru 🇵🇪 (@presidenciaperu) February 2, 2023

The Congress of the Republic once again rejected the bill that contemplated general elections in 2023, amid a wave of protests against President Dina Boluarte and parliamentarians that has left more than 50 dead in seven weeks.

The plenary session of Parliament rejected with 54 votes in favor, 68 against and two abstentions the second proposal in a week – and the third since December – to anticipate the elections in 2023. The project needed 87 votes to be approved.

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