The Executive Branch on Monday afternoon sent to Congress the constitutional reform bill that changes the presidential term and brings general elections forward to 2024.
"This law establishes the reduction of the term of the President of the Republic, members of Congress, and representatives to the Andean Parliament elected in the 2021 general elections. Likewise, it provides that general elections are called for April 2024," the bill states in Article 1.
The bill provides that the President of the Republic currently in office, elected in the 2021 general elections, shall complete her mandate on July 28, 2024.
Moreover, it states that lawmakers and representatives to the Andean Parliament elected in the 2021 general elections shall complete their representation on July 26, 2024.
In addition, the deadlines specified in Articles 90 and 112 of the Political Constitution do not apply to them, by exception.
The proposal provides that the current context of political and social crisis is no less different from the situations that in the past triggered the formulation of a proposal to bring general elections forward because of the reduction of the presidential term.
The proposal to hold general elections in April 2024 is linked to the closure of the electoral roll (one year earlier), as stated in Article 201 of Organic Law of Elections – Law 26859; the call for elections (270 days earlier) in accordance with Article 82 of the aforementioned body of regulations; and the holding of open, simultaneous, and mandatory primary elections in 2023.
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Published: 12/12/2022