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Congress: Omar Chehade, president of the Constitution Commission, on reform

The president of the Constitution Commission, (Alliance for Progress), assured that the constitutional reforms referring to immunity and political prejudice, approved in the first vote by the plenary of the on the last Sunday, they can be subject to “revision”.

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Through a statement together with a balance sheet with the projects approved in the first legislature, he regretted that his working group has been “Unfairly criticized” for a reform that – he added – still “It has not become law.”

Our commission has been unfairly criticized for an opinion that obtained the vote of all the benches, and which is pending a second vote, so it has not yet become law and can always be subject to review and debate“, he pointed.

In that line, Omar Chehade ratified his “commitment” for continuing to work with other groups in Parliament “To reach a consensus” regarding political reform.

The commitment of the Constitution and Regulation Commission with Peru is enormous. […] We will continue working tirelessly to improve the political conditions of our country and safeguard the well-being of all Peruvians.“He said.

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However earlier Chehade , which applies changes to parliamentary immunity and to the prejudice of the President of the Republic, magistrates of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and the Ombudsman, among others. As it is an amendment to the Magna Carta, this text is pending a second vote in the current legislature.

“No one should have a crown or be above the law, […] the constitutional principle of equality before the law had to be realized ”he asserted.

It is worth mentioning that until this Thursday, at least 16 of the 42 members of the advisory council of the Constitution Commission, among former members of the TC, constitutional lawyers and other specialists, resigned in demand for the approval of the opinion, considering, among other things, that it affects the balance of powers and it lacked adequate debate.

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