Debate Ends on Peru’s Draft Constitution
<i> Reuters</i>
LIMA, Peru —
Legislators have approved the draft of Peru’s new constitution and Congress will begin debate this week on whether to submit the text to a referendum, a leading congressman of President Alberto Fujimori’s party said Friday.
The 80-member legislature late Thursday ended debate on 226 articles of the draft constitution which will replace the 1979 constitution currently in place.
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