Peru

Political Constitution of Peru (1993, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 30 states:

All Peruvians above the age of eighteen are citizens. To exercise citizenship, they must be registered to vote.

 

Article 31 states:
It is a right and a duty of residents to participate in the municipal government of their jurisdiction. The law governs and promotes direct and indirect mechanisms of this participation. Every citizen has the right to vote in enjoyment of his civil capacity. For the exercise of this right, it is required to be properly registered. Voting is personal, equal, free, secret and compulsory up to the age of seventy years and optional after this age.... Any act that prohibits or abridges citizenship from the exercise of rights, shall be null and punishable.

 

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Article 113 states:

The President of the Republic may vacate for the following reasons: …

  • (2) his permanent physical or moral inability declared by Congress…

 

Article 114 states:

The office of President is suspended for:

(1) the temporary inability of the President declared by Congress…

 

Article 115 states:

In case of a temporary or permanent incapacity of the President of the Republic, the first Vice President shall assume the duties thereof, or in his absence, the second Vice President, or in case of incapacity of both, the President of Congress; whenever it is permanent, the President of Congress may call immediately an election. When the President leaves the national territory, the first Vice President is charged with his office or, in his absence, the second Vice President.

 

Article 127 states:

There is no acting Minister. The President may entrust a minister, while retaining his portfolio, to assume the duties of another on grounds of incapacity, transferring function to another ministers, but such responsibility may neither exceed thirty days nor be transferable to other ministers.

 

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Article 7 states:

Everyone has the right to protection of his health, of his family environment and of his community, as well as it is his obligation to contribute to its development and defense. Any individual unable to take care of himself due to a physical or mental disability has the right to respect for his dignity and to a legal protection, care, rehabilitation and security system.

 

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Article 113 states:

The President of the Republic may vacate for the following reasons: …

  • (2) his permanent physical or moral inability declared by Congress…

 

Article 114 states:

The office of President is suspended for:

  • (1) the temporary inability of the President declared by Congress…

 

Article 115 states:

In case of a temporary or permanent incapacity of the President of the Republic, the first Vice President shall assume the duties thereof, or in his absence, the second Vice President, or in case of incapacity of both, the President of Congress; whenever it is permanent, the President of Congress may call immediately an election. When the President leaves the national territory, the first Vice President is charged with his office or, in his absence, the second Vice President.

 

Article 127 states:

There is no acting Minister. The President may entrust a minister, while retaining his portfolio, to assume the duties of another on grounds of incapacity, transferring function to another ministers, but such responsibility may neither exceed thirty days nor be transferable to other ministers.

 

Excerpts from the Political Constitution of Peru (1993, last amended 2009)