Policy
The proposal for reforms to the law of the MP of Arévalo does not achieve consensus in Congress
The legislators were summoned to today’s plenary session, around 40 deputies, among them the 23 from Semilla were the only attendees.
Official deputies asked to extend the session, but it was not possible due to the non-attendance of the majority of congressmen. Photography: Prensa Libre (Emilio Chang).
The plenary session of this Tuesday, May 7, ended due to lack of quorum. This caused the ruling party to fail in its attempt to know and approve as a national emergency the initiative to reform the Organic Law of the Public Ministry. Proposal seeking the dismissal of the attorney general.
The official deputy, Samuel Pérez, justified that the absence of the legislators from the other benches was because they received threats. “Several dozen deputies received death threats and possible investigations once morest them.”
In the midst of this, the Constitutional Court (CC) provisionally protected the current head of the Public Ministry, María Consuelo Porras. The resolution orders that the authorities refrain from constitutional and legal acts that violate Porras’ mandate.
Yesterday, May 6, President Bernardo Arévalo, together with his government cabinet and accompanied by the 23 legislators elected by Semilla, presented the initiative. The proposal, according to the president, was that it be known in today’s session and that it be known in plenary.
In the session, which was scheduled for today, more than 40 legislators did not attend, while more than 20 of the 160 sent a letter to the Legislative Directorate in which they informed that they would not attend the plenary session for various reasons. In total, only a few bills were read, but the reforms to the Organic Law of the MP were not made known.
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