Congress of Peru rejects proposal to advance the elections to December 2023

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(CNN Spanish) ––

The Peruvian Congress did not approve the constitutional reform project that sought to advance the elections to December 2023.

With 68 votes against, 54 in favor and 2 abstentions, the parliamentarians rejected the proposal of the president of the Constitution Commission and deputy for Fuerza Popular, Hernando Guerra García, who sought to advance the general elections to December of this year.

Then, Congress suspended the session and will resume it this Thursday morning, when other new proposals for a substitute text will be discussed.

Among them, one presented by the congressman of Peru Libre, Jaime Quito, who proposes to hold the elections within four months but with the inclusion of a referendum.

This Tuesday, Congress postponed for the third time the debate on the bill to advance the elections.

At that time, José Williams, president of the Congress, wrote on Twitter that the session had been rescheduled for Wednesday in order to find a consensus.

• The Peruvian Congress postpones the debate for the third time to advance the general elections to 2023

While Congress tries to find a political solution to the crisis that occurred after the departure of Pedro Castillo from the presidency, protesters continue in the streets demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closure of Parliament, general elections and a new Constitution.

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For its part, the Organization of American States (OAS) approved this Monday a declaration in which it makes a "firm call" to the authorities of Peru to hold elections soon, and that these be "fair, free and transparent, with international electoral observation”.

With information from Abel Alvarado. 

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