Peru PM: Executive Branch not to accept partial approval of reforms

11:57 | Lima, Sep. 19.

The Executive Branch seeks a comprehensive plan to produce the great change in the country; therefore, it will not accept a partial approval of the proposed reforms, Peru's Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva said on Wednesday.

Villanueva arrived at Congress to ask lawmakers to renew confidence in the cabinet, as requested by President Martin Vizcarra last Sunday.

Within this framework, the Cabinet chief stressed lawmakers' decision to approve a bill —last Tuesday— aimed at reforming the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) —now called National Justice Board— unanimously and without major changes.

"(…) I urge my colleagues to pass the three political reforms as quickly as they did in this case, at the same speed and with the same willingness," the government official indicated.

In this sense, he said, the Executive seeks a comprehensive plan —not partial solutions— to reform the lawmakers' re-election, bicameral parliamentary system, political parties' private financing, as well as National Council of the Magistracy (CNM).

"The four reform bills are part of such plan, of this comprehensive project (…) required to produce the great change in history. Therefore, we will not accept a partial but a complete approval," he pointed out.

According to the Cabinet chief, this was a commitment arising from the civilized dialogue between political forces and the Executive Branch.

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Published: 9/19/2018

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