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The national Office of electoral processes (ONPE) gave this Sunday night (09.12.2018) the first digit of the referendum called by the President of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, to decide on four reforms which aims to combat the corruption that affects the country. Three of the four initiatives were endorsed by a wide range of citizenship.
79.16 percent voted in favour of banning the reelection of members of Parliament, which means that the current Parliament will be renewed in its entirety in the elections of the year 2021. Also 83,79 percent rejected the idea of bringing the bicameralism, a 80,46 percent approved the idea of reforming the body that appoints judges, and 79,81 percent approved the regulation of the financing of political parties.
The reform proposals were submitted on July 28 by Vizcarra, in response to a scandal of corruption in the judiciary. The Congress, dominated by a reluctant Fujimori to approve the call for referendum, should give threatened by Vizcarra dissolve the legislature and call elections just in moments in which politicians enjoy enormous prestige.
Vizcarra, the big winner, the President said, during a meeting with his Cabinet at the end of the vote, that the referendum is “the beginning of a change we seek for the Peru and all Peruvians”. Analysts say that the results are a triumph and a strong support for the head of State, who thus wins legitimacy after assumption of power following the resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
While the results are partial, with only 23.56 percent of the counted minutes, it’s numbers that will hardly change as you continue counting votes. The vote on the judicial and political reform referendum was held next to the second round for the election of Governors in 15 of the 25 regions of Peru, whose numbers will be announced in the coming days.
