Senate Committee Moves to Approve Executive Request for Temporary Lawmaking Powers

Overview

• The Senate Constitution Committee intends to approve its report on the executive request this Thursday and bring the measure to the full Senate for debate on Monday, a timetable confirmed by committee president Carlos Mesía.
• President Keiko Fujimori has urged the Senate to treat the delegation with priority and urgency, arguing the powers are meant to benefit citizens facing security and El Niño threats.
• Opposition senators and committee members say the committee has accelerated its work, used last-minute agendas and limited expert participation, with Patricia Iturregui calling the sessions poorly organized and lacking balanced views.
• Constitutionalist Víctor García Toma told the committee the Senate may extract, improve or add initiatives but any changes must stay tied to citizen security and the El Niño phenomenon and cannot fundamentally alter the request.
• A tense verbal clash between senator Iber Maraví and Interior Minister César Astudillo over police reform highlighted the political friction in hearings and underlined how procedural speed could shape laws that affect public security and emergency response.