The 100 days of the bicameral Congress: a new flow with more than 700 projects, but only one approved law | Deputies | Senate

The debate on the delegation of powers captured all the parliamentary attention in the first 100 days, mainly due to two factors. First, because the Constitution Commission of the Chamber of Deputies requested a technical opinion from 12 of the 15 specialized groups on the Executive’s request; and second, due to the entrapment with the Senate by the power of modification. A third factor to take into account has to do with parliamentary inexperience in the commissions, both in forming the technical teams of advisors and in processing the bills submitted to the groups.

One could also note as a fourth factor, although unsuccessful, the attempted “parliamentary strike” announced by a deputy from the Good Government Party. This measure sought to prevent the Chamber of Deputies from sending more legislative files until the controversy regarding the Senate’s power to modify is defined.

Until November 5, the Chamber of Deputies had approved three other legislative files that were not reviewed by the Senate before 100 days had passed, due to the week of representation. Among these three files is a campaign promise from Together for Peru, the Good Government Party and Now the Nation that has achieved consensus in the bicameral era: the repeal of the College of Artists Law.

—Political background—

In the midst of two political blocs that still have quarrels after the debate on the delegation of powers, there is no shortage of accusations either. Deputy Arturo Alegría, spokesman for the bench of Popular Forcenoted that the majority of the pending legislative burden is in the commissions chaired by the opposition bloc.

Along these lines, the pro-government congressman mentioned that, for example, Congress has yet to address the reform of the Public Ministry, which should be addressed in the Justice Commission that is today chaired by Together for Peru.

“You would have to ask them. I have seen several tweets from opposition members demanding that the president of the Chamber of Deputies put (the projects) up for debate. But these same people are representatives of the benches that have in their hands the possibilities of issuing a ruling and presenting it to the plenary session,” said Alegría in Siempre at 8, an El Comercio video podcast hosted by Jimmy Chinchay.

In We Have to Talk, another El Comercio video podcast, Senator Lourdes Alcorta (Popular Renewal) criticized the position of the left bloc for continuing to trap the legislative flow with measures such as the frustrated announcement of a “parliamentary strike.” “We are facing two problems at the national level (citizen security and the El Niño Phenomenon) and there is a man who says they are not going to approve anything, and before they constantly wanted to leave us without a quorum,” said the parliamentarian.

—What can come—

Through a review of the 779 initiatives presented until November 5, the most repetitive proposals are the repeal of the so-called pro-crime laws.

There are also several projects that propose modifications to the University Law, to the regulations of the penitentiary system, as well as measures against bullying.