Overview
- The Executive presented a 66-item request for delegated legislative faculties to Congress covering security, El Niño risk reduction and state modernization, with the government saying 14 measures target public safety and 25 focus on El Niño responses.
- The cabinet completed a first round of caucus briefings this Thursday that included multiple ministers who met with Renovación Popular, Bancada del Buen Gobierno, Obras and Juntos por el Perú to explain the package.
- Eight of 12 congressional commissions issued unfavorable, non-binding reports and the formal decision now rests with the Constitutional Committee, which will determine whether any faculties are granted.
- Ministers argue that without delegated faculties many reforms will be slower because laws must be approved individually by the Council of Ministers and then sent to Congress, and they are using urgent decrees and a announced S/800+ million budget for El Niño preparation as stopgap measures.
- Opposition blocs, led by Juntos por el Perú, say they are still evaluating the request and have substantive doubts, while the government defends a new unpaid presidential advisory commission and says it is pursuing dialogue to build consensus.