By mid-August, the deputies had already accumulated 40 bills submitted for processing, but had not yet established any ruling committees. The only working group formed, after a series of delays, is the Parliamentary Ethics Committee, which canceled its first scheduled work session for this Monday citing a scheduling conflict with the full Congress session. In the first work session, this group has yet to review the case of the Juntos por el Perú legislator, Juan Pérez, who was caught in flagrante delicto inside a property in the San Miguel district accused of an alleged assault against his ex-partner.
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The plenary session called for Monday also casts doubt on the schedule of installations released last week, which stated that the committees of the Chamber of Deputies would begin functions between Monday, August 17 and Wednesday, August 19. For this Monday the 17th, six study groups had planned the formal start of their functions.
-In the Upper House-
Of the 16 standing committees in the Chamber of Deputies (not counting Ethics, which is not a ruling committee), 11 already have almost finalized presidencies. The remaining five study groups were still pending decisions due to internal disputes within the Juntos por el Perú and Partido Cívico Obras caucuses. Sources from both groups indicated that there were differences between factions over the equitable distribution among their representatives.
Despite the uncertainties, this newspaper learned that, in Juntos por el Perú, Jesús Pérez was the deputy tipped to chair the Energy and Mines Committee. Pérez Alccahuamán is a mining leader from the province of Antabamba, where informal and illegal mining focused on copper extraction exists. Additionally, he has been the manager of the mining company Vilsur S.A. since 2024; and his brother, Julio Pérez Alccahuamán, has a current registration in Reinfo.
Meanwhile, in the Constitution Committee, the JP nominee for the presidency is Giannina Avendaño, a lawyer who in recent years worked at the Ombudsman’s Office. She was also an advisor to Roberto Sánchez when he served as Minister of Foreign Trade in Pedro Castillo’s government.
Meanwhile, in Obras, sources from the caucus indicated that the nominees to chair their groups were: Demetrio Valqui, who has technical studies in sugar industries, in Agrarian Development; and Luis Masco, who has been working in recent years as a heavy load driver, in Consumer Defense.
These left-wing bloc caucuses have also not wanted to reveal the names of their candidates for presidents, due to the backgrounds that might emerge about their resumes. Deputy Valqui, for example, stated in his resume submitted to the National Jury of Elections that he faced a restricted appearance ruling for illegal possession of a firearm to the detriment of the State. Although at the time of applying he was retired, until 2013, Valqui worked performing security duties at the Agroindustrial Company Pomalca, according to his own resume.
On the other hand, Fuerza Popular bet on experience for their presidencies. Four of their five appointees have already been parliamentarians in the unicameral era, so they know the legislative work to rule on projects. The fifth presidency has been assigned to Flor Meza, who has experience as a parliamentary advisor in the last 2021-2026 term.
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Meanwhile, in Renovación Popular, they bet on professional profiles. Alexander Segura, former commander of the Chavín de Huántar operation, will lead the Defense Committee; while Paola Martínez, a lawyer with experience as a parliamentary advisor, will head the Justice Committee.
The same was observed in Ahora Nación, which will have José Marcelo, an economist by profession, as head of the Economy Committee. According to his resume, Marcelo served in 2025 as a “financial economic specialist” at the Municipality of Lima, and previously at the ATU and as administrative manager at the Municipality of San Marcos, the district of Áncash known as the richest in the country due to mining royalties, which records one of the worst resource executions.
-In the Upper House-
Ahora Nación will control the Economy Committee, both in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate. For the Upper House, its designated president will be former presidential candidate Alfonso López Chau. An economist by profession, the leader of Ahora Nación served in recent years as rector of the National University of Engineering, and was director of the Central Reserve Bank during the second Aprista government, appointed by Congress at that time.
On the left, Juntos por el Perú bet for their presidencies on Percy Osorio in the State Management and Comptroller Committee; and on Hugo Ccahuana for the Special Procedures Committee. Both senators reported having had civil rulings for alimony. Additionally, Ccahuana had the support of the miners of La Pampa during the electoral campaign, an area where thousands extract gold illegally.
Another JP president is Andrés Ramos, who will head the Senate Ethics Committee. Ramos Huillcas, who also has a civil ruling for alimony, has openly supported informal mining and questioned the presence of “large-scale mining.”
In Partido del Buen Gobierno, Susana Matute will be in charge of leading the Health, Education, Culture, Women, and Social and Digital Development Committee.
Meanwhile, Fuerza Popular appointed three senators with experience in past legislative periods. Only the official appointment of the head of the Bicameral Budget and General Account of the Republic Committee is pending, where José Arista, former Minister of Economy, is tipped. For this study group, they are still waiting for members from the Lower House since, being a mixed group, it will be composed of 38 members divided between senators and deputies. For this first year, the Upper House – through Fuerza Popular – will steer the group responsible for ruling on the 2017 budget bill.
