Peru's advancing elections third-time unlucky
Peru's one-house Congress voted once again Thursday against moving forward the elections to some time in 2023. It was the third such rejection in one week while the country sinks deeper into a political crisis which added one more fatality Thursday to the growing tally recorded since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7, 2022. Several ministers are expected Friday to go to Congress to present another bill proposing an early election on October 8.
With 48 votes in favor, 75 against, and one abstention -noticeably short of the 87 votes it needed to succeed-, the bill turned down Thursday provided for the elections to be held on the second Sunday of July, in addition to a referendum on the convening of a constituent assembly, another demand of the anti-government protests. It had been motioned by the Marxist party Peru Libre, which brought Castillo to the presidency. Read More…
