Overview
- Following Thursday's swift roll call, lawmakers voted 37 to 32 to block questioning of Defense Minister Amadeo Flores, with 82 of 123 members recorded as participating.
- The motion sought to compel Flores to explain a Colcabamba operation described in the filing as an Army patrol firing on a vehicle with seven people, which reportedly left five young people dead.
- Fuerza Popular, Avanza País, and Honor y Democracia led opposition to the measure, with notable votes against from Patricia Chirinos, Diana Gonzales, José Williams, Gladys Echaíz, and Jorge Montoya.
- The session proceeded without debate and with few members physically in the chamber, as many joined virtually despite earlier pledges to prioritize in-person plenaries.
- The vote leaves no immediate ministerial testimony in this forum, while reports continue to dispute the military’s initial account, with local witnesses saying there was no shootout and that the victims were unarmed civilians.