A congressional source consulted by La República poses the following scenario: in the next legislature, whoever leads the Congress can be the next interim president, in case Vice President Dina Boluarte is disqualified and then the vacancy of the president is approved peter castleif he manages to lower the vote barrier.
Due to this eventual situation, the election of the new board of directors attracts a lot of attention. This process is coming up and with it the conversations for making lists. The current legislature ends on June 15. According to the regulations, the next one would begin on July 27, the date or close to it on which the vote will be held.
The filtered audio of the head of the Legislative branch, María del Carmen Alva, in which her intention to call presidential elections is revealed only in case Castillo and Boluarte are removed from Palacio, has catapulted, at least for now, the possibility that she can be re-elected to the position. In Congress she had transcended that the actionist had this objective, but she denied it on Friday in a conference. “At no time have I said that I am going to be re-elected. That’s not on my agenda or on my mind.”he indicated.
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The content of the audio was rejected by the Peru Libre (PL) bench and Vladimir Cerrón pointed out that “the parliamentary coup is underway.” Ruth Luque and Sigrid Bazán, from Cambio Democrático, considered that Alva should leave office. A few days ago, different action-populists rejected a re-election.
a verbal agreement
Last year, following the Congress was installed, the agreement of the majority of benches -without those of the left- was that the first year Popular Action (AP) has the presidency of Parliament and for the second, Alliance for Progress (APP). The spokesman for this group, Eduardo Salhuana, confirms that representatives of Fuerza Popular, Avanza País and Renovación Popular supported the consensus. Although there is no signed record.
Inside César Acuña’s party, names have begun to be shouted. One of them is from Salhuana. “It is an issue that is the decision of the party and the bench. Since I have been a spokesperson, I imagine that is why they are raising that possibility. Well, it is a position of such high honor, ”he replied to this newspaper. This assumption, sources maintain, might find an echo in the ruling party because the spokesperson’s position once morest the government has not been confrontational, compared to Alva.
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However, he is not the only one. Héctor Acuña and the non-militants also appear Gladys Echaíz and Roberto Chiabra. The latter is questioned by the APEPists themselves as a result of his latest statements in which he called his colleagues from the provinces “subordinates” and “submissive”.
On the part of the former prosecutor, another source from her same bench affirms that she does point to the election and for this reason, among other strategies, she is approaching Fujimorism. A sample would have been given last Wednesday when opposed the file that recommended denouncing and disqualifying former prosecutor Pedro Chávarry for ten years. In his office they alleged that he had already declared on the subject and that the answer was that “it is not a matter of taste but of responsibility. It would have to be seen who would accompany her. Neither is she looking. She (…) she has not approached one of them physically or by phone, ”she added. This newspaper requested an interview with Echaíz, but at the end of this note she did not respond.
Who does confirm this objective is Hector Acuna. “If the opportunity (to apply) were given, it would be a high honor and a good responsibility. The first step is that APP has the option of having the presidency of Congress”. He affirms that the majority of his bench will support him, following having spoken with several of them: “I’m sure we have between seven or eight (in my favor)”.
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For the formation of this list, which is the only projected so far, it is considered that the first vice-presidency would fall to AP and the second in a left bench. This would be PL or the Magisterial Block. The third vice presidency would be a right-wing force. Popular Renewal; Fuerza Popular, bench now with more members; and Somos Perú seek presence at the table.
Edwin Martínez, from AP, says he is unaware that any list chaired by his caucus is being drawn up. Julio Quito and Silvana Robles mentioned that up to now PL has not made a decision, but they did rule out any support for Alva.
Bench composition will be crucial
Almost a year following the current Congress, the number of benches continues to change. PL was left with only 17 following the resignations of Jorge Coyla, Elías Varas and Víctor Cutipa, who kept his case confidential. Fuerza Popular continues as the first minority.
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The non-grouped parliamentarians add up to twelve, a number that exceeds that of the members that most of the official groups have. The resigning, with Jorge Marticorena and Óscar Zea, would form a new group, according to sources.
The exapepista Luis Picón has requested in April to form Podemos. If this is achieved, this group will once once more be a bench. If this and the previous point were consistent, the correlation of forces would be divided into twelve.
reactions
Katy Ugarte, vocera Blog. Magisterial
“We do not rule out. We want this Congress to recover the acceptance of the people. We have worn ourselves out by constant confrontations. We have to think regarding the majorities, seek agreement”.
Edwin Martinez, AP Congressman
“I suppose that agreement will be respected. I believe that the healthiest thing is to form a board of directors that is representative of the entire Parliament, Not just one faction. Let them be impartial.”
