Carrying a large Peruvian flag, thousands of citizens on Thursday evening participated in the massive demonstrations aimed at supporting the
early general elections bill proposed by President Martin Vizcarra's administration.
Running under the logo #QueSeVayanTodos (They all must go), demonstrators joined the march convened by civil organizations and associations during the previous days.
In the case of Lima, the gathering started at San Martin Square at 5:00 PM (local time). From there, the crowd traveled the streets to finish their tour at the Public Ministry headquarters at night.
Puno, Cusco, Piura, Tacna, Arequipa, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Ancash, and Loreto regions also hosted protests in support of the Executive Branch's initiative, as was the case of the French capital city of Paris.
According to the latest Datum poll, 64% of Peruvians support the proposal of holding early elections by 2020. Also, 72% reject the possibility of a presidential impeachment.
President proposes early elections
"Taking into account that the confidence requested for the reforms has been approved only in words and denied in facts, I have decided —as consequence— to once again put the interests of Peru above all," the Head of State said on that day.
"Peruvians should be able to choose their destiny to make the way for
Peru's Bicentennial (2021). With this action, the foundations of our Republic will be reinforced, even if it means we must all go. Congress members, Peru First!" he pointed out.
"For all the above, I propose a way out of this institutional crisis. I present Congress a constitutional reform for the calling of early general elections, which implies cutting the congressional mandate to July 28, 2020," the highest-ranking official expressed.
"In the same way, in that reform, cutting the presidential mandate to that date is also requested," he added.
Congress has become very unpopular in Peru.
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Publicado: 5/9/2019