Overview
- The Executive formally asked Congress for delegated legislative faculties to address crime and the economy and President Keiko Fujimori said the legislature has taken four weeks to respond, calling the delay a test of the government's patience.
- The Chamber of Deputies' Constitutional Commission produced a predictamen that recommends rejecting the request, then accepted three substitute texts and moved to a cuarto intermedio, creating procedural uncertainty about any final vote.
- Five opposition senators publicly told Fujimori to calm down and focus on negotiation, warning that escalatory rhetoric risks undoing talks that lawmakers say have already advanced toward deals.
- Defense Minister Rafael Belaunde reframed the pressure as coming from the population, saying citizens demand restored peace and growth and arguing the government needs tools to respond to widespread insecurity.
- The delegation mechanism would let the Executive issue temporary laws in specified areas and its fate will shape whether the government gains fast policy tools or faces renewed institutional conflict with Congress, a dispute that matters directly to public security and everyday safety in Peru.