During the hearing, the bench said it has no doubts regarding maintainability of the petitions, but added that the concept of marriage emanates from the customary laws which do not recognise same sex marriages.
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Both the president of the instance, Alfonso De Urresti, and representatives of the LGBTI organizations questioned the absence of the spokesperson Jaime Bellolio from the commission held this past Friday at noon. The minister - who explained in the morning that the government still does not have a position on this initiative - excused himself, arguing that at that time he had been summoned to speak to the mixed budget subcommittee.