The Peruvian Congress yesterday rejected a proposal tabled by the president’s government Pedro Castillo and predicted to hold a referendum on the revision of the Constitution, something that was promised in the run-up to the elections, in order to increase the role of the state in the economy.
The draft law, which provided for a referendum to approve the formation of a Constituent Assembly to draft a new fundamental law to replace the 1993 Constitution, was rejected by a parliamentary committee with 11 votes in favor and 6 against.
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
The term of office of Mr. Castillowho was elected president of Peru last year by a party of the radical left, a former teacher and trade unionist, has been marked by many storms – he has already overcome two opposition attempts to oust him and has formed four governments.
A poll conducted by the Peruvian branch of the Ipsos Institute in April found that only 7% of Peruvians believe that the government’s priority should be to establish a Constituent Assembly to revise the Constitution.. 43% of the survey sample prioritized the fight against crime, 42% the fight against corruption.
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