Mensaje a la nación

If the King does not attend, he will send his speech to the president, so that it can be read by him in the Cortes.Annually, on the first of March, the opening of ordinary sessions of the National Congress is held.

[3] The Constitution of 1980, promulgated by the same regime, did not alter the situation, since it only established that the president had to report annually to the country on the administrative and political state of the nation.

[8] In Peru, the tradition of the Annual Message (Spanish: Mensaje Anual)[9] was born when President Agustín Gamarra gave a speech before the Peruvian Parliament on July 28, 1832.

[10] According to article 118 of the 1993 Constitution, the President of the Republic must make a speech, previously approved by the Council of Ministers, in the hemicycle of the Legislative Palace before the National Congress in a solemn session on July 28 during the celebration of National Holidays where the president will present the situation of his government and the commitments and proposals for improvement, as well as projects for the following political course:[11][12] 7.

[It corresponds to the President] to address messages to Congress at any time and obligatorily, personally and in writing, when the first annual ordinary legislature is installed.

The annual messages contain a detailed exposition of the situation of the Republic and the improvements and reforms that the President deems necessary and convenient for his consideration by Congress.

[2] On the other hand, during the ceremony for the transfer of powers in Congress, the outgoing president delivers a message in which he renders accounts and makes a portrait of the achievements of his administration.

[13] In addition to the dates indicated as traditional for the presidential speech, different Peruvian presidents have used the formula of the message to the Nation issued by the media to announce extraordinary measures, such as the seizure of La Brea and Pariñas in 1969 by the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces,[14] the 1992 self-coup by Alberto Fujimori,[15] or the dissolution of Congress proposed by Martín Vizcarra in 2019.