Parliamentary control of presidents in minority: a balance

Abstract

This article takes stock of parliamentary control in Peru in recent years, due to the parliamentary presidential regime, and under the context of constant confrontations between the Executive and the Legislature. Likewise, the author explores the control mechanisms contemplated in the Peruvian Constitution; the issue of mandatory trust, requests for information, the invitation to report, interpellation, ministerial censorship, and investigative commissions. It also addresses some of these control mechanisms, accounting for their use in governments without a majority and fragmented congresses.