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The debate on the advance approach of elections for 2023:
the congressman José Cueto, from Popular Renewal, presents a preliminary question so that the new proposal returns to the Constitution Commission. Ultimately, it was rejected. Now the debate on the approach of bringing forward the elections to 2023 is resumed.
New proposal
The new Constitution Commission proposal, chaired by the Fujimorist Hernando Guerra, proposes that the president call elections in October 2023, and her term ends in December 2023.
In addition, that the president-elect be sworn in on January 1, 2024 until July 28, 2029 (for five and a half years), and that the new Congress take office on December 31, 2023.
After the approval of the reconsideration presented by Fuerza Popular, the advancement of elections to 2023 is discussed.
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With 78 votes in favor, 34 against and 7 abstentions, the plenary session approved the request of the president of the Constitution Commission of Congress, Hernando Guerra, to reconsider the vote on the advancement of elections for this year. A new three-hour debate was opened.
Guerra asked to go directly to the vote. “There has been enough discussion, the citizens are waiting for our vote,” she said.
Which parties would you vote for if the elections are brought forward to December 2023?
So far, there are 12 political groups registered in the National Elections Jury (JNE), which could participate in the elections.
In the midst of the endless protests At the national level, the discussion in the political sphere has been focusing on the advance of general electionswhich is one of the main requests of the protesters, after the assumption of Dina Boluarte as President of the Republic.
The intervention of speakers concludes and the vote is arranged.
The ungrouped congressman, Carlos Andersonannounced that he will vote for the reconsideration, although he questioned the constituent assembly proposal.
“They repeat the constituent assembly like a blanket, as if they knew what it consists of, how many members it has, what powers it has. I have challenged in several interviews to be given an answer, but none of the colleagues [de izquierda] give it to me,” he said.
“So that demanding it without having defined it is simply irresponsible or a sign that you don’t want to do it,” he remarked.
“They are going to miss a right-wing Congress”
Alejandro Caverofrom Avanza País, rebuked the president of the Constitution Commission, Hernando Guerra, for not ruling on the reforms proposed by his bench, one of those that opposes the advancement of elections for this year.
At the end of his speech, the legislator said: “They will miss a right-wing Congress.”
The third vice president of Congress, Alejandro Muñante, He referred to the request to advance the general elections to 2023 and reaffirmed his support for the new elections. However, he pointed out that said procedure must be accompanied by “selective reforms.”
The legislator argued that, in order to achieve better representation, the classification filters must be strengthened.
“Elections advance, yes, but within a reasonable time, with purification of the electoral roll so that the “dead” do not vote; with deadlines to cross out and exclude candidates with a record and minimal reforms to prevent those convicted of corruption from running political parties, ”he tweeted.
