Peru

Popular Referendum on the Revocation of Authority

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 1993 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Organizaciones de la Sociedad CivilOficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales
Type of organization in charge: government civil society
Level: local regional

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

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

http://portal.jne.gob.pe/pregfrecuentes/pagweb/Revocatorias.aspx