on Saturday announced that, supported by his constitutional right, he will attend Congress of the Republic to deliver an address.
"I await the openness of Parliament's Board members so that I can be present on Tuesday, March 15," Mr. Castillo expressed on Twitter.
The document indicated that on March 9, during an ordinary
Council of Ministers session, the presidential message to be presented during Congress' plenary session was approved.
The Constitution states that among the powers and obligations of the President of the Republic is to deliver an address to Congress at any time and compulsorily, in person and in writing, once the first annual ordinary legislature has been set up.
It added that "the annual messages contain a detailed statement of the situation of the Republic and the improvements and reforms that the President deems necessary and convenient for consideration by Congress."
"The messages of the President of the Republic, except for the first one of them, are approved by the Council of Ministers," it concluded.
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