Overview
- A heated verbal and partly physical altercation involving Interior Minister César Astudillo, senator Íber Maraví and senator Francisco Calisto forced the Constitution Commission to suspend proceedings on Saturday after roughly four hours of debate.
- The commission set a new hearing date for Wednesday, October 14, to resume consideration of a draft that would grant the executive 90 days of legislative faculties on security and emergency response.
- Renovación Popular senators including Francisco Calisto and Alejandro Muñante publicly backed referring Íber Maraví to the Congressional Ethics Commission over his conduct during the session.
- Justice Minister Ernesto Álvarez protested the insults directed at cabinet members during the row while Defense Minister Rafael Belaunde described the episode as part of the heat of political debate and said he had not spoken with President Keiko Fujimori about it.
- The dispute highlights how a contentious policy fight over emergency security powers is colliding with partisan tensions and could slow the executive's request depending on whether an ethics process or renewed chamber disorder shifts the commission's timetable.