First Fujimori cabinet meeting agrees to request 120-day emergency legislative powers from Congress

At its first ordinary meeting on July 29, the new Fujimori cabinet agreed to request that Congress delegate legislative powers for 120 days covering security, state reform and the economy. The draft proposal contemplates transferring prison administration and security to the Armed Forces, allowing private administration of some prisons, merging or dissolving state agencies, and a labor-flexibilization package — which Fujimori insisted would not cut existing labor rights. The request must navigate Peru's newly installed bicameral Congress, where left-of-center parties have signaled they will seek to impose conditions before approval, likely pushing a final vote into September.