Peru Leader Seeks to Rebuild Trust in Graft-Hit Political Class
- President says reforms needed to combat graft, spur economy
- Pension, labor proposals to follow push for electoral reform
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Peru must shake up its electoral system and root out graft before the 2021 election to restore faith in its political leadership following the country’s biggest-ever bribery scandal, President Martin Vizcarra said.
The government is urging the opposition-controlled Congress to debate a series of bills with new rules on campaign financing and selecting candidates. Congress has little more than a year to approve the changes before the next election cycle to give reassurance to dismayed voters, Vizcarra said in an interview Friday.