Overview
- The Constitution Committee approved the predictamen on Friday with 15 votes in favor, five against and two abstentions and sent the text for debate in the Pleno on Tuesday, October 6.
- The draft grants the Executive temporary 'facultades' limited to public security and Fenómeno El Niño and lists 29 proposed security measures and 22 measures for El Niño response.
- Lawmakers and opposition members complained that a substitute text was delivered minutes before the vote and that the committee did not include technical inputs from the Executive.
- Parliamentary oversight efforts have weakened: a censure motion against Interior Minister César Astudillo fell after three deputies withdrew signatures, and the interpellation of Education Minister José Antonio Chang now has 22 signatories after recent removals.
- Votes in committee split across party lines with Renovación Popular, Ahora Nación, Obras and Buen Gobierno backing the predictamen, Juntos por el Perú opposing it and Fuerza Popular divided, a mix that will determine whether the Pleno approves powers that could change policing, prison and emergency rules.