Overview
- Juntos por el Perú withdrew its interpellation motion against Energy and Mines Minister Guillermo Shinno to rewrite the questionnaire jointly with the Obras and Ahora Nación blocs.
- The only formal interpellation now filed by Juntos por el Perú targets Defense Minister Rafael Belaúnde over the use of security forces in Pataz.
- The party that proposed the motions previously also registered a separate proposal against Interior Minister César Astudillo but has shifted immediate focus to the defense probe.
- Several opposition lawmakers have said interpellations are premature and need review before support is offered, and the prime minister has offered to appear before Congress for explanations.
- Interpellation is a constitutional tool to force ministerial answers that can lead to confidence votes or resignations and the current moves respond to public pressure over rising fuel costs, transporters' protests, and concerns about security-force conduct.