Overview
- Lawmakers voted 60–36 with 8 abstentions to extend the Reinfo through December 31, 2026, and the measure still requires ratification in a second vote by the Permanent Commission.
- Provisions to automatically reincorporate more than 50,000 registries excluded in June and to halt new exclusion procedures were rejected.
- Environment Minister Miguel Ángel Espichán endorsed the extension as a prudent timeframe and the prime minister cautioned against any return of ineligible operators.
- Ex–energy minister Jorge Montero backed Minem’s technical package, saying the extension targets roughly 31,560 active cases and asserting the 50,565 depurados will not return.
- Confemin leaders say a year is insufficient to pass a new MAPE law and warn of renewed mobilizations before the second vote, as editorials flag criminal and political-financing risks tied to the registry.