Congress meets on the last day of July for payment of allowances and election of courts continues without consensus

2023-08-01 01:18:38

In recent weeks, the issue of the election of courts, which is nearly 4 years late, returned to the national situation and there was talk of alleged agreements in the Congress of the Republicafter the elections where it was defined who will be the deputies for the following four years, however, the deputies assure that there is no consensus.

This Monday, July 31, the deputies held an extraordinary session, the last one prior to the start of the second regular session that begins on August 1 and ends on November 30, with which 96 deputies will say goodbye to Congress, and that the agenda contemplated continuing with the interpellations to four ministers, which again did not advance.

The session just was open for just over 15 minutes because only 67 deputies attended the plenary session, 70 were reported absent and 23 presented a license not to arriveTherefore, the session only served so that the parliamentarians could collect the Q9 thousand 600 that they receive monthly for plenary allowances.

Since the session was adjourned, The circumstantial report of the President of the Banco de Guatemala on the execution of monetary policy could no longer be presented to the plenary sessionand only delivered the report to members of the Permanent Commission.

choice of cuts

The election of the magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals continues to be a pending issue for the current legislatureHowever, the first vice president of the Permanent Commission, Boris España stated that there is still no consensus on the subject.

“Last week an expectation was generated that this day was going to be for that (choice of cuts), but it is not true, there are no agreements, there has been no consensus in Block LeadersTherefore, the issue of the courts, despite being an obligation of the Congress, has not defined the process to get to know and if it does get to know, it must be done based on the list that already exists, but there is no necessary consensus. exposed Spain.

Even, at the discretion of Spain, for this second period of sessions there may be different expectations on the part of the legislative blocsTherefore, the topics that will appear on the agenda of this second period of sessions have not been prioritized.

“I imagine that the different Block Leaders will have different expectations, among some who went to the second round, of political offers, others who no longer, some technical issues that would interest some sectors that we manage to finish during this second ordinary period, but So far, the issues that will be put on the table are not clear.”, explained Spain.

During the session, the deputy of the Creo bench, José Alberto Rivera He asked that the point of the election of cuts be scheduled.

“We have in point 8 the choice of cuts. It’s been 4 years now, the first round (of elections) has passed and we have the second one left, it is our responsibility of the deputies that we are leaving and as Congress, to send a message that we do want justice in the country, and we want the right things,” said the parliamentarian, who voted against the agenda, since the election was made after the interpellations.