Lima, (EFE) the Legislative this week that raised new general elections.
Eleven deputies from the Constitutional Commission of Congress voted in favor of this project, 10 voted against it and one abstained. As it is a constitutional reform, it must go to the plenary and for this he needed to obtain 14 supports.
The advancement of general elections, which include presidential and parliamentary elections, is one of the main demands of the anti-government protests that began in early December and in which 69 people have died.
The congressmen who voted against debating this legislative initiative in plenary session, located on both sides of the political spectrum, argued that they had to defend democratic institutions and that this constitutional reform damaged the rule of law.
This Friday, a few hours before the vote, the Minister of Justice, José Tello, appeared before the commission to explain, together with electoral authorities, the bill that brought forward the elections to the second Sunday of October 2023.
The minister called for dialogue between the powers at a time of exceptionality and stated that the early elections would give “legitimacy” and “hope” to Peruvians.
On the other hand, this Friday sources from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Acnur) in Peru confirmed to EFE that three Haitian migrants, including a child, have died in recent days in the Peruvian town of Desaguadero, on the border with Bolivia, unable to receive medical attention due to roadblocks carried out by anti-government protesters.
These three people join four other Haitians who died from the same causes, and thus the total number of victims from the protests rises to 69.