In Peru, president proposes bill for referendum on a new constitution and allowing formation of constituent assembly

President Pedro Castillo [...] presented to the Peruvian Congress in Lima a constitutional reform bill that allows the formation of a Constitutional Assembly and the holding of a referendum to consult the public about whether they want a new national charter. [...] In addition, Castillo asked for the constitutional proposal to be presented to the public in a referendum on Oct. 2, when Peruvians will head to the polls anyway to vote in municipal and regional elections. [...] Shortly after the text of the bill became known, Prime Minister Anibal Torres held a press conference at which he said that if the “yes” option prevails in the referendum he will have to convene the Constitutional Assembly, which will then work to craft a new Peruvian charter to replace the current one put into effect in 1993 by the administration of President Alberto Fujimori, who governed from 1990-2000. [...] He said that the Constitutional Assembly would be [elected and] made up of 130 members, have a “plurinational” character and that 40 percent of the representatives would come from political organizations while 30 percent would be independent candidates, 26 percent from the indigenous peoples and the remaining 4 percent from the African-Peruvian community.
Read the full article here: La Prensa Latina