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Peruvian Congress approves to debate again on electoral advancement

Peruvian Congress approves to debate again on electoral advancement
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18 février |

The Peruvian Congress approved on Friday the possibility of debating again projects for the advancement of presidential elections, which is one of the main demands of the protests and social mobilizations in much of the country.

With 69 votes in favor, 35 against and 7 abstentions, the Plenary of Congress authorized the Constitution Committee to debate future projects related to the advancement of general elections and the consequent shortening of the presidential and congressional mandate.

The President of the Congress, José Williams, clarified that the measure authorizes the issue to be discussed in the annual session and that there is no project that can be presented at this time before the legislators.

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After the approval by the majority of the congressmen, the president of the Constitution Committee will have to urgently convene the members of its working group to analyze any new project to bring forward the elections.

To date, there are at least a dozen proposals that propose the anticipation of the general elections for July, October or December 2023 as well as for April 2024.

Early elections is one of the main demands of the anti-government protests that began in various parts of the country since the beginning of last December and which have left at least 70 people dead due to the repression of the security forces to the mobilizations.

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