Overview
- The president announced on Sunday that the cabinet led by Prime Minister Luis Galarreta will send a request to Congress this week asking for broad facultades legislativas to tackle public security.
- Fujimori described the petition as “sumamente amplio y debidamente sustentado” and framed it as necessary to take “very strong, very tough” measures against crime, saying the government will act in under 30 days from the start of its term.
- The announcement is a commitment to seek delegated rulemaking power, not a law or an approved change; Congress must still receive, negotiate the wording and vote to grant any facultades.
- Separately, the government reached immediate agreements with transport unions to create two joint working groups, cut some penalties to 10% temporarily and suspend the current driver‑control rule while a new proposal is written.
- Opposition and press accounts note repeated changes of schedule — La República reports up to five date shifts and nearly a month without a firm delivery date — a pattern that has raised questions about the government’s coordination even as it stresses speed; the timing and content of Congress’s response will determine what the measures can do on the ground.