Peru sets referendum to 'legitimize' reforms after scandal
29 JUL 2018
Peru will hold a referendum to "legitimize" judicial reforms, including the creation of an anti-corruption office and sanctions on corrupt judges and lawyers, following reports of judges offering lenient sentences for a price, President Martin Vizcarra said Saturday.
"The system for administering justice has collapsed," Vizcarra said in remarks delivered on Peru's Independence Day. "We will open a referendum process for judicial reform."
Vizcarra, an engineer by training, took office four months ago after his center-right predecessor, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, resigned amid a swirl of corruption allegations.
The president said Peruvians would also vote on constitutional changes to set term limits for legislators, re-establish a bicameral Congress for the first time since 1993 and increase transparency in court decisions.
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