By: Omar J. Candia Aguilar
As published in the last Latinobarometro only 14% of Peruvians has confidence in Congress, occupying last place in Latin America, below Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ecuador. If we start to rehearse a response to this unfortunate perception of support for an institution of great significance for the proper functioning of democracy, we can affirm, under the premise that "institutions are made by people," it is in the quality of the legislators who represent us. Obviously we can not generalize, there are congressmen who have served their duties diligently, but minor offenses (suspension) and low (excesses) converted scandals have filled the front pages of the press and television and radio publishers.
The supreme law in Article 90, has established that to be a Congressman only requires three conditions (i) be Peruvian by birth, (ii) be at least 25 years, and (iii) have the right to vote. Determining the Rules of the Congress, Article 2, that the Congress is the representative body of the nation, responsible for carrying out legislative functions of political control and the other established by the Constitution of the State. Ie our congressmen represent mainly perform functions, regulation, control and inter alia, appoint officials and approve the national budget and the general account.
As noted, prima face, it seems that there is no reason for consistency between the requirements that are required to be a congressman and the roles they play. Generating proposals exist to rethink the requirements for being elected to Congress. However, we must remember that in democratic states to vote those barriers were disappearing to achieve as part of the conquest of universal suffrage rights (active and passive), hence, that the vote based on census, in which they voted or were elected, only men who meet certain requirements of educational attainment, income and social class, is anachronistic and undemocratic.
therefore believe that the problem of the quality of the congress is not in the requirements for candidates, but in the absence of responsible political parties and solids that contribute to the "training" and "choice" in Tables The van has to represent, and most importantly, a true civic consciousness that allows the voter to be informed and choose Peruvian according to their criterion of consciousness, or the best candidates.
As published in the last Latinobarometro only 14% of Peruvians has confidence in Congress, occupying last place in Latin America, below Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ecuador. If we start to rehearse a response to this unfortunate perception of support for an institution of great significance for the proper functioning of democracy, we can affirm, under the premise that "institutions are made by people," it is in the quality of the legislators who represent us. Obviously we can not generalize, there are congressmen who have served their duties diligently, but minor offenses (suspension) and low (excesses) converted scandals have filled the front pages of the press and television and radio publishers.
The supreme law in Article 90, has established that to be a Congressman only requires three conditions (i) be Peruvian by birth, (ii) be at least 25 years, and (iii) have the right to vote. Determining the Rules of the Congress, Article 2, that the Congress is the representative body of the nation, responsible for carrying out legislative functions of political control and the other established by the Constitution of the State. Ie our congressmen represent mainly perform functions, regulation, control and inter alia, appoint officials and approve the national budget and the general account.
As noted, prima face, it seems that there is no reason for consistency between the requirements that are required to be a congressman and the roles they play. Generating proposals exist to rethink the requirements for being elected to Congress. However, we must remember that in democratic states to vote those barriers were disappearing to achieve as part of the conquest of universal suffrage rights (active and passive), hence, that the vote based on census, in which they voted or were elected, only men who meet certain requirements of educational attainment, income and social class, is anachronistic and undemocratic.
therefore believe that the problem of the quality of the congress is not in the requirements for candidates, but in the absence of responsible political parties and solids that contribute to the "training" and "choice" in Tables The van has to represent, and most importantly, a true civic consciousness that allows the voter to be informed and choose Peruvian according to their criterion of consciousness, or the best candidates.
