Fuerza Popular pronounces on possible convocation to the Constituent Assembly

A heated discussion has begun after the president of the republic announced his desire to call a referendum to consult citizens if he agreed to the installation of a Constituent Assembly to write a new Magna Carta to replace the one published in 1993. Among those who showed their profound rejection of the measure are the members of the People's Force Bank, they through a statement made official their refusal to the idea.

“We strongly reject the announcement by the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo Terrones, to present a bill proposing the possibility of a referendum on the convening of a Constituent Assembly,” the statement published reads, which attempts to explain the procedure to be followed if desired. to make reforms in the Magna Carta.

“According to Article 206 of the Political Constitution of Peru, it is held that any constitutional reform must be approved by Congress with an absolute majority of the legal number of its members, and ratified by referendum, otherwise it would be a flagrant violation of our constitutional order,” said the a group heir to the regime that in the 1990s prompted the writing of a new Constitution after the so-called self-coup of 1992.

It should be recalled that until the most recent Constituent Assembly was convened, Peru was governed by the writing of the 1979 Constitution, a document whose drafting was presided over by the aprista leader Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre. It was not until 1993 that Peru became aware of its most recent Magna Carta, which has been defended by some and questioned by different political groups that consider its change necessary.

CONTROVERSIAL ANUNCIO

“I must announce that we are going to send a bill to the Congress of the Republic,” were the first words used by Pedro Castillo to make it known that he intended to launch one of his campaign promises. “Following the constitutional course, so that in these upcoming municipal and regional elections Congress will approve this bill so that through a charter the Peruvian people will be consulted whether or not they agree with a new Constitution,” he added.

The announcement was made from Cusco during the Sixth Decentralized Council of Ministers. “It is true that the Congress of the Republic has this power in its hands, we will send that bill that we will work on it immediately,” added the head of state. The president's approach takes into account the day of the regional and municipal elections for holding the popular consultation. This would not be the first time this has happened, since in a recent election of the same type the population was consulted on the return of money to Fonavi pensioners.

“A new Constitution is a legitimate demand of broad sectors of the country and a necessity evidenced by the deep and multiple crisis we are going through. We know that the president is now proposing a referendum on this matter more as a “lifesaver” than by conviction” was the pronouncement by former presidential candidate Verónika Mendoza on the announcement made by Pedro Castillo.

“And we know that Congress is going to do everything impossible to block it, which is why it is essential that this debate is not hijacked “on high” but that citizens get involved, that the forces of change are mobilized,” he warned of the parliament's response that is already being seen in the published pronouncements.

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