On the 45th day of her administration, the president Keiko Fujimori asked the Congress of the Republic to speed up the process for granting powers to the Executivewith which it seeks to legislate in eight areas, among which citizen security stands out.
This week, six commissions of the Chamber of Deputies opposed the project sent by the Government.
“It is very easy to get caught up in the differences, we can spend hours and days and weeks of speeches criticizing us. They can continue criticizing us, but citizens are needing these powers that will allow us to provide services and results much faster,” he told Exitosa.
-Obstructionism?-
Asked about the reactions of the committees to the project, she responded that it gives her “a sensation” of obstructionism that the working groups declared the legislative proposal unviable.
He assured that the request for powers does not respond to a request made by his party. He ruled out that it has a “political overtone,” but rather that it is a request from the State for the benefit of citizens.
“I think that, in a couple of weeks, (the deputies) will have enough time to do this analysis,” he later said on RPP.
He explained that the Executive not only needs Parliament to grant powers in matters of citizen security or the prevention of the El Niño phenomenon, but also in modernization and other proposed topics.
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In the interview, Fujimori was asked if he was thinking about raising any trust issues to force approval of the request for legislative powers. In response, he said that “for now” he rules out Prime Minister Luis Galarreta formulating it.
He denied that he was going to declare any eventual closure of Congress.
Consulted by El Comercio, political analyst Enrique Castillo indicated that the Government seeks approval of the entire package of powers and that matters of citizen security and the El Niño phenomenon “are used as the spearhead of the Government’s discourse.”
“The bottom line is that the Government wants the 66 points of the request and the pressure it exerts is for that,” he said.
—Other decisions—
On the other hand, Keiko Fujimori confirmed that Álvaro Vargas Llosa will be the new Peruvian ambassador to the United States.
The announcement was made when she was asked by RPP if her government’s intention was to place him in office.
Regarding former commander General Óscar Arriola, Fujimori stated that for the moment he asked him to continue providing information to the Government related to citizen security.
He also confirmed his confidence in Prime Minister Luis Galarreta for his political experience and ruled out any changes in the team of ministers.
Fujimori stated that the Shield of the Americas will help provide information on criminal organizations and with this “in a few months we will have all the leaders captured.”
