Overview

• With a 17–4 vote, the Permanent Commission approved a report urging a decade-long disqualification of former prime minister Betssy Chávez.
• The report cites alleged violations of constitutional articles 38, 39 and 45, arguing Chávez had active participation in the December 7, 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress.
• Final inhabilitación requires a vote by the full Congress, which will determine whether the recommendation becomes binding.
• An editorial in El Comercio calls on the plenary to ratify the sanction and to advance a constitutional complaint seeking to bar Pedro Castillo from public office.
• Perú Libre congressman Américo Gonza said his bloc opposed inhabilitating Castillo, asserting he was “used” by Chávez and Aníbal Torres, and criticized the lack of a sanction for Torres.