The Plenary of Congress rejected that Dina Boluarte trip to Rome to participate in the funeral of the papa Francisco. The president failed in her attempt to go abroad in the midst of the crisis of insecurity that plagues the country.
The vote ended with 40 votes in favor, 45 against and one abstention. The support of the Popular Force benches was not enough, Alliance for progress (app) and its satellite groups. Congress, thus, did not grant the whim to the president.
It was a ghostly and express session, because due to the semi -resistority, most congressmen voted virtually.
The President On Biguarte He planned to travel this Thursday to Rome to participate in the funeral of the Holy Father and was going to be out of the country until Monday, April 28. In that period, I was going to govern remotely.
The president’s request arrived on Tuesday at 11 p.m. to the President of the Congress, EDUARDO SALHUANAwho immediately summoned an extraordinary and semi -creenial session of the plenary to discuss the order.
Congress: right and left banks opposed the trip
The opposition congressmen generated indignation because Boluarte pretended to go abroad in the midst of the wave of insecurity that hit our country.
In the plenary session, the only congressmen who intervened in person were Diego Bazán and Norma Yarrow, of popular renewal, and Susel wallsof the popular democratic block.
“I feel shame for this type of requests and that we have to leave our regions to discuss this issue. Today we see you in the obligation to be here and waste time before a whim of the president who does not realize the crisis that the country is going through,” Bazán said.
“What she is doing is an act of pride. I was hurt by the departure of Pope Francis, but the president must understand the pain of people. I hope no congressman climbs the trip,” Yarrow said.
“If the lady wants to pray for the soul of Pope Francis to follow the example and to be austere and do not spend on superficialities. Do not make fun of Peruvians, we will vacate it!” He said walls.
Dina Boluarte: The votes of the Congress that prevented her trip
Bench | Congressmen | A favor | Against | Abstenión |
Popular Force | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
We can Peru | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
APP | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Free Peru | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Popular renewal | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Popular Action | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Magisterial Block | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Democratic Change – Voices of the People | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
We are Peru | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Country progress | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Socialist bench | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Honor and democracy | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Democratic block | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Not grouped | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 130 | 45 | 40 | 1 |
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