The Peruvian Challenge: Presidents vs. meetings – 04/05/2021 – Latinoamérica21 ksuadminMay 4, 2021 4 In some countries of the region, the system of governance depends as much on parliamentary activity as in Peru. Both because of its constitutional project and because of the strong political fragmentation that the country is experiencing, the Congress of the Republic has been the epicenter of the various political crises that the nation has gone through during its recent history. In a region where the systems of government are distinctly presidential, the important role that the parliament has developed in Peru is remarkable. Its parliamentary powers, in addition to controlling the management of executive power, have in practice followed an open pattern of obstruction, in particular before and after the resignation of former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in March 2018.