Permanent Commission asks to terminate the dissolution of Congress in Peru

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(CNN Spanish) - Legislators of Peru seek that justice render void the dissolution of the Congress that President Martin Vizcarra ordered.

The president of the Permanent Commission of Congress, Pedro Olaechea, presented this Thursday before the Constitutional Court a demand for jurisdiction against the Executive that seeks to annul the decision of President Vizcarra.

The Constitutional Court is the supreme body of interpretation and control of the Constitution in that country.

Congress of Peru, in Lima. (CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP / Getty Images)

While the Executive Branch points out its decision was taken in the constitutional framework, members of the dissolved Congress say that it is not legal.

In the document, Olaechea asked the Court to “admit and declare the present competence claim founded and, consequently, the Supreme Decree declaring the dissolution of the Congress issued by the Executive Power be declared void.”

Along with this appeal, he presented a precautionary measure that seeks to “suspend the effects of the decree of dissolution” of the Congress.

President Martín Vizcarra announced the dissolution of the Congress of Peru on September 30. In a message to the nation, the president said that the measure responded to “the factual denial of the (question of) trust”, and that in unrestricted respect of the Constitution of Peru had decided to constitutionally dissolve the Congress and call for congressional elections , in accordance with article 134 of the Constitution.

The article invoked by the president says that "the President of the Republic is entitled to dissolve the Congress if he has censored or denied his trust to two Councils of Ministers." The first denial of trust occurred in this government, when Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was still president.

However, the document presented by the president of the Permanent Commission states that “when a request for a question of trust is made, it can only be granted by the Congress of the Republic expressly, through a plenary vote , and not tacitly or factually, ”referring to what Vizcarra said during the television message in which he announced the dissolution of Congress through a Supreme Decree that he would publish hours later.

The Permanent Commission is the body of the Parliament that remains in office after the dissolution of the parliament, as stated in the Constitution.

Martín Vizcarra