The Congress agreed to create a new commission for the election of the Ombudsmanproposal presented by the parliamentarian of Fuerza Popular Hernando Guerra Garcia. The vote for the support of this initiative was 8 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions and one license.
In this way, the Plenary must decide whether to designate a new working group that will be in charge of electing the next person to be in charge of the Ombudsman’s Office.
At the end of the session, the president of Congress, María del Carmen Alva, announced that it was also agreed to denounce the judge who presented a precautionary measure to suspend this appointment process for prevarication, considering that it was being carried out with an alleged lack of transparency.
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Before Guerra García’s proposal was voted on, parliamentarian Ruth Luque decided to withdraw her initiative to suspend the election of the Ombudsman, as ordered by the provision of the Judiciary. This occurred after the head of the Legislature arrogantly questioned the decision of the Democratic Change-Together for Peru caucus.
Regarding this process, the union of the Ombudsman’s Office had warned that there was an “open contempt and disobedience to the judicial authority” on the part of María del Carmen Alva.
María del Carmen Alva mocks Ruth Luque’s proposal on the election of the Ombudsman
During the session, the “supernumerary” president of the special commission, María del Carmen Alva, mocked the proposal of the spokeswoman for Cambio DemocráticoRuth Luque, so that the process of electing the Ombudsman be suspended until the amparo appeal is resolved.
“There are two proposals: that of Guerra García, to create a new special commission in the plenary, and that of you, so that it is suspended until 2030. I think that in 2030 you want an ombudsman, right, congressman? It is that it takes a long time and has not presented any candidate, “