With 67 votes in favor, Congressman Joseph Williams Zapata, from Avanza País, is the new president of the Congress of the Republic following defeating, in the second round, his colleague Luis Aragón, from Acción Popular, who achieved 41 supporters. General EP in retirement and former head of the Chavín de Huántar military operation succeeds Lady Camones on the Board of Directors for the period 2022-2023.
During the first round, Williams won the support of 52 legislators, while Aragón got 21 of his colleagues. Carlos Zeballos (Integrity and Development), José Balcázar (Peru Bicentennial), José Elías (Podemos) and Guido Bellido (Peru Libre) were left behind.
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Watch the vote and Williams’ first speech as president of Congress here:
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Take a look at the first round vote here:
What is the step by step of this election?
According to article 112 of the Internal Regulations of the Congressthe choice of Board of Directors of the Congress is performed according to the following rules:
a) After reading the lists of candidates, the Board of Directors invites two members of Congress to act as tellers and monitor the normal development of the electoral act. The scrutineers will sign the ballot papers and they will be immediately distributed. Immediately followingwards, the session is suspended for a few minutes so that the congressmen fill out the ballots.
b) Once the session has restarted, the person leading the debate (Martha Moyano, following Lady Camones’ censorship) casts her vote in the amphora, then the other members of the outgoing Board of Directors and the counting congressmen will do so, and immediately they will be invited to the other legislators to deposit their ballot papers, ordering that they be called by their last name in alphabetical order.
c) Once the call to vote is finished, the scrutiny is carried out, vote by vote, reading each card.
d) After the count, the candidate who has managed to obtain a number of votes equal to or greater than the simple majority of concurrent congressmen is proclaimed.
If none of the applicants obtains a simple majority, a second vote will be held, following the same procedure, between the two candidates with the highest number of votes, and the one with the most support will be declared the winner.
e) Then, the winning congressman swears in the congress and assumes his functions immediately. The new head of Congress will do it before the president of the Table in charge of the process and the rest will do it before the new President of Congress.
f) The result of the election is officially communicated to the President of the Republic and to the heads of the Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court and National Elections Jury. Also to the Public Prosecutor of the Nation, Ombudsman and to the Regional authorities and Provincial Municipalities.
