Lima (EFE).- Peru reinstated a bicameral parliament after nearly a quarter-century of operating under a unicameral congress, which became the epicenter of the political instability over the past decade, in which the country has had eight presidents in 10 years.
The new parliament, composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies, has 60 senators and 130 deputies who were elected in the Apr. 12 and 13 elections and were sworn into office on Friday for the 2026-2031 term.
President Elect Keiko Fujimori will preside over this term and will be inaugurated in a ceremony on Tuesday, Jul. 28, Peru’s National Day.
Peru has not had a bicameral parliament since former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), Keiko Fujimori’s father, carried out a “self-coup” on Apr. 5, 1992.
He dissolved the legislature and took control of the judiciary to govern by decree until a Constituent Assembly was established to draft the 1993 Peruvian Constitution, which provided for a unicameral Congress.
