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Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

Almost 70 percent of Peru's Congressional Regulatory Commission approved a bill Tuesday that would make it possible for members of congress to quit their jobs as the country's representatives.

According to the bill, which is to be seen by congress in upcoming plenary sessions, congressional representatives will be allowed to quit their jobs as long as fifty percent of congress accepts the politician's resignation.

Javier Velásquez Quesquén, head of the congressional regulatory commission affirmed that congress would have the final word in deciding which representatives could quit and which could not.

Luis Gonzales Posada, Peru's president of congress has stated that strict measures need to be imposed if politicians are going to be allowed to resign.

"Representatives can't just say I'm bored I quit", said the head of congress, assuring that being a congressional representative was not a "game".

He affirmed that the bill needed to be analyzed by congress and improved.

Fernando Tuesta, a political analyst assured that if the bill were approved it would worsen the "irresponsible" image that parliament already had, explaining that citizens would feel that the representatives they chose were abandoning their duties.

He added that sooner or later members of congress might begin quitting their jobs because they received more lucrative offers.

There is also the possibility that some politicians could be pressured into quitting, said Tuesta.