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Weekly Report - 23 November 2023 (WR-23-47)
PERU: Back to a bicameral legislature?
One contributory factor to Peru’s chronic political instability in recent years is the country’s unicameral legislative system, which has been in place since 1995 and has streamlined the process for congress to impeach presidents. On 16 November legislators took the first step towards reverting to a bicameral congress by approving a constitutional reform proposing the creation of a second chamber. But despite a sound technical argument for the establishment of a senate, the reform – which needs to be approved again in a second vote next year – looks likely to face strong public opposition.
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