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Peru President completes meetings with new Congress parties

00:00 | Lima, Feb. 6.

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra met with representatives of Accion Popular (Popular Action) party at the Government Palace on Wednesday night.

The event also saw the participation of Prime Minister Vicente Zeballos, State ministers, as well as the party's virtual legislators-elect, its Chairman Mesias Guevara, and Vice-Chairwoman Bertha Arroyo de Alva.

Thus, the round of meetings —within the framework of the dialogue process promoted by the Executive Branch with the new Congress groups— has concluded.

Such gatherings were aimed at boosting a joint work agenda to reach consensus for the benefit of the country.

The attending parties were: Alianza Para el Progreso (Alliance for Progress), Somos Peru (We are Peru), Podemos Peru (Peru, We can), Fuerza Popular (Popular Force), Partido Morado (Purple Party), Frente Amplio (Wide Front), and Accion Popular (Popular Action).

For their part, Union Por el Peru and FREPAP decided not to attend any of the meetings.

Last Sunday, the Head of State affirmed that the extraordinary parliamentary elections —held on January 26— marked the beginning of a new stage in the country.

In this sense, the top official indicated that the Executive Branch would meet —between Monday and Wednesday— with eight parties that passed the 5% threshold and —consequently— will have representation in the new Parliament.

As is known, the Executive Branch constitutionally dissolved Congress on September 30 and called for parliamentary elections.

The new 130 legislators will serve the remaining period of the 2016-2021 legislative tenure, following the dissolution of Congress.

#ElPerúPrimero El presidente @MartinVizcarraC recibió a los representantes del partido Acción Popular en Palacio de Gobierno, culminando de esta manera la agenda de reuniones en el marco del proceso de diálogo, impulsado por el Ejecutivo, con los integrantes del nuevo Congreso. pic.twitter.com/BdJmh8L8kV
— Presidencia Perú (@presidenciaperu) February 6, 2020

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Published: 2/6/2020

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