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The board, responsible for presiding over the Congress debates and overseeing its financial policies, was approved by 69 votes out of the 130 deputies of the one-chamber institution.
Peru's Congress designated María del Carmen Alva Prieto from opposition party Accion Popular as the leader of congress, alongside other right-leaning politicians.
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The board, which is responsible for presiding over Congress debates and overseeing its financial policies, was approved by 69 votes out of the 130 deputies of the one-chamber institution.
Junto a la vicepresidenta electa, @DinaErcilia, nos reunimos hoy con el presidente @FSagasti en el Palacio de Gobierno para tratar sobre el proceso de transferencia y diversos temas del acontecer nacional. #SeguimosAdelante pic.twitter.com/e1qd0HhgmM
— Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) July 22, 2021
@DinaErcilia, we meet today with the president @FSagasti at the Government Palace to discuss the transfer process and various issues of national events."
The opposition-led Congress will pose a challenge for the democratically elected leftist president Pedro Castillo as it has done to previous presidents as the Congress has a vast space for legislative maneuvers. This, unlike other Congress bodies in the region which have a Senate.
However, members of Castillo´s party have urged people to keep united as they fight for a new constitution."Compatriots, revolution is never made within official parliaments, the revolution is made in unofficial parliaments, on the street, with grassroots organizations," Marxist party leader Vladimir Cerrón said.
kavn: RT @telesurenglish: #FromTheSouth News Bits | In Peru, protesters mobilized and demonstrated in front of the National Congress demanding the proclamation of Pedro Castillo as president-elect. pic.twitter.com/SqmvRNGe9t
— JusticeOutcry (@JusticeOutcry) July 2, 2021
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