Fuerza Popular will lead six legislative committees in Peru's Chamber of Deputies following an agreement on the distribution of committee leadership posts.
In addition to six committee presidencies, Fuerza Popular will hold six vice presidencies and six secretariats across the working groups in the lower house.
Juntos por el Peru will form the second largest leadership bloc with four committee presidencies. The parliamentary group, led by Roberto Sanchez, will also assume four vice presidencies and four secretariats.
The Chamber of Deputies serves as the lower house of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, the country's legislative branch based in the capital city of Lima. Standing committees within the chamber review and refine legislative proposals before measures advance to plenary debates.
Fuerza Popular is a right-wing political party founded and led by former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. Juntos por el Peru operates as a left-wing political coalition whose leader, Sanchez, previously served as Peru's Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism.
Distribution of committee leadership
Three other parliamentary caucuses will each control two committee presidencies. Partido Civico Obras, Partido del Buen Gobierno, and Renovacion Popular will each hold two presidencies, two vice presidencies, and two secretariats.
Renovacion Popular is a conservative political party led by Lima Mayor Rafael Lopez Aliaga, while Partido Civico Obras and Partido del Buen Gobierno represent additional parliamentary groupings in the legislature.
Ahora Nacion, the caucus with the smallest representation in the lower house, will receive one presidency, one vice presidency, and one secretariat. One committee presidency remains unassigned as inter-party negotiations continue in Congress.
The Justice and Human Rights commission and the Constitution, Regulations, and Foreign Relations commission are designated to receive the initial batch of legislative bills introduced in the Chamber of Deputies.
Structure of legislative committees
Congress has formally approved the membership size for each of the chamber's legislative committees. Seven standing committees will operate with 20 deputies each.
The 20-member committees comprise Constitution, Regulations, and Foreign Relations; Modernization of State Management and Comptroller; Economy, Banking, Finance, and Financial Intelligence; Education, Culture, and Sports; Justice and Human Rights; Social Inclusion, Family, Woman, and Andean, Amazonian, and Afro-Peruvian Peoples; and Infrastructure, Housing, and Transport.
Nine other legislative committees will operate with 19 deputies each. These panels focus on specific policy sectors across government administration and public services.
The 19-member committees cover National Defense and Internal Order; Agrarian Development; Consumer Protection and Public Services Regulation; Energy and Mines; Production, Foreign Trade, and Tourism; Environment and Sustainability; Health; Labor and Social Security; and Science, Technological Innovation, and Digital Society.
Non-legislative commissions
In addition to ordinary legislative committees, the lower house contains two non-legislative bodies: the Parliamentary Ethics Commission and the Legislative Organization and Monitoring Commission. Unlike standing committees, these non-legislative panels do not issue formal legislative reports or draft bills.
Each non-legislative commission will consist of six members, ensuring equal representation with one deputy appointed from each of the six recognized parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies.
