Approval of the 1992 General Budget
Congress approved the 1992 General Budget in December 1991, but President Fujimori made 29 observations on 41 articles and did not enact the law, creating an unprecedented constitutional crisis by paralyzing public sector activities.
Congress approved the General Budget Law for 1992 at the end of the first ordinary legislature in December 1991. However, President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori made 29 observations on 41 articles of the law sent by Congress on the last day of the year. By not enacting the law, the President created a legal vacuum not foreseen by the Constitution, paralyzing the activities of the public sector and generating an unprecedented constitutional crisis. This conflict between the Executive and Congress over the budget was part of the increasingly open confrontations between the two powers that characterized the period.