On March 2, 1987, the Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress approved the regionalization bill. This bill was part of the political and institutional reforms that were being implemented during the government of Alan Garcia Perez. The approval of this law represented an important step in the decentralization of …
The Peruvian Congress approved Law 24651 which establishes prison sentences for those who commit the crime of collaboration with terrorist activities. This law stipulates prison sentences of up to ten years and internment for collaborators. The law was passed in the context of the fight against armed subversion that the …
On December 1, 1987, the commission investigating the case of the prisons presented its report, signed by six members, pointing out the President of the Republic, the Alva Castro ministerial cabinet and the Joint Command of the Armed Forces as politically responsible for the massacre of the prisons that took …
On February 6, 1989, the first extraordinary legislature called by the Executive Branch was installed. The purpose of this extraordinary session of Congress was to culminate the process of approval of the bill on amparo and on the elections of the regional assemblies. Both laws were subsequently enacted by President …
The Peruvian Congress decides to bring forward the general elections to the second Sunday of March 1990, instead of the second Sunday of April as indicated in the current electoral law. This decision was taken in a context of serious economic and political crisis, with an accumulated inflation of 1722% …
A bill submitted by Senator Rolando Ames Cobián is being debated in the Peruvian Congress. The bill seeks to facilitate the access of political parties to the dissemination of their proposals through advertising spaces in private media. This debate takes place in the context of the extraordinary legislature convened from …
The Peruvian Congress held its third extraordinary session on February 5 and 6, 1990. This special session was called specifically to deal with the demarcation of the regions where popular consultations had been held. The extraordinary legislature was part of the decentralization process that was being implemented in the country …
The fourth extraordinary session of the Peruvian Congress was held from February 12 to 22. During this session, several important legislative projects were approved, including the Regional Development Bank system, the participation of urban cooperatives before the Regional Assemblies, the University Development Fund and amendments to the Law for Teachers. …
From Geneva, Switzerland, and before the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Izquierda Unida deputy Manuel Piqueras Luna requested that the Chamber of Deputies censure the Minister of the Interior, Agustín Mantilla Campos. The censure request was based on the minister's probable link with the Comando Rodrigo Franco, a paramilitary …
The Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress agreed to declare the constitutional accusation against former president Alan García Pérez for the prison massacre that took place in 1986. This accusation took place in the context of the end of his presidential term and the beginning of Alberto Fujimori's government. …
The Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress did not grant the extraordinary powers requested by the Minister of Economy to legislate on taxation. This decision took place in a context of growing conflict between the Executive Branch and the Congress, due to the recent deluge of legislative decrees issued …
In January 1992, the Peruvian Congress passed bills modifying the Executive Branch's legislative decrees on national pacification. The Senate approved a bill whereby the intervention of the Armed Forces in areas not declared in a state of emergency could be carried out at the request of the political authority or, …
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