Peru

Popular Referendum on the Revocation of Authority

The Popular Referendum on the Revocation of Authority is the constitutional mechanism for monitoring and exchanging authorities, based on the citizens' initiative and in the form of a People's Consultation, through which citizens can request a vote for the dismissal of political representatives at the local and regional level if they believe that in their mandate they do not respect or do not reflect the popular will, because of inefficiency in their functions or because of ethical objections to their performance. The process must be initiated by one or more citizens, called "promoters", who acquire a kit before the electoral authorities (National Office of Electoral Processes). They must gather at least 25% of signatures from the voters of the district in question - as long as this percentage does not surpass the 400 000 signatures - to call for a popular consultation, where half plus one of valid votes will suffice - with an attendance of at least 50% of skilled voters - to remove the designated authority from the position.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization
embedded in the constitution/legislation 
Frequency
single
Mode of selection of participants
open 
Type of participants
citizens  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a binding decision  
Co-Governance
yes 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Policy Evaluation

Sources

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