Lida Asencios Trujillo and Carlos Reyes Pareja were elected as the new representatives of public universities before the Board of Directors of the National Superintendence of University Higher Education (SUENEDU). Asencios Trujillo, rector of the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle – The Cantutait has been one of the main defenders of the law that weakened the institution, actively participating in activities together with congressmen and former magistrates of the Constitutional Court in defense of changes in the SUENEDU.
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Its proximity with promoters of the counter -reform and their role as president of the Association of Universities of Peru (ASUP) show their position in favor of the reconfiguration of the university system.
The election was made by vote among the rectors of public universities, instead of the public tender established by the University Law before the Counter -Reformation. Both will assume their functions in February 2026 and could become Superintendents of the entity, which marks the return of the rectors to the body responsible for the supervision of universities, similar to the extinct National Assembly of Rectors (ANR).
This change shows clear conflicts of interest and the weakening of the university reform implemented in previous years. In addition, the election occurs despite the fact that the law that reconfigured the SUENEDU requires that one of the impediments to be a member of the Board of Directors is that they are authorities, managers, legal representatives, proxies or advisors of universities. In case they are, they must have ceased in said activity, for at least one year before assuming the position.
However, the guidelines for the recent electoral process, approved by the General Secretary, Elsa Marchinares, and the rector of San Marcos, Jeri Ramón, modified the previous regulations. It is now established that the authorities must have left their position before assuming the new position, instead of having done it a year earlier, as required above.
LIDIA ASENCIOS participates in activities with congressmen and ex -speech at the TC
A public eye investigation revealed the links that the rector of the University ‘La Cantuta’ has had with various characters from Peruvian politics. In the last three years, Lida Asencios participated in various activities with congressmen and ex -speech at the Constitutional Court. An example of its involvement was in October 2022, when she accompanied the rector of San Marcos, Jeri Ramón, and other rectors in the “Balance of University Balance of Education”, where former Magisterous Carlos Mesía Ramírez presented the “legal front” that advocates by the law that restores university autonomy.
In April 2023, during an event at the Sunedu, Jeri Ramón publicly recognized the support of Asencians in the fight for that law. In addition, in Congress, the popular renovation bench awarded it on Women’s Day, and in May 2025, the National University of San Marcos granted him the recognition of personality highlighted by his management during the pandemic and its contribution to the strengthening of the university system.
During the current management of the SUENEDU, Asencios has made six official visits, on behalf of the Superintendent Manuel Castillo, mainly for work meetings and academic events, and between 2021 and 2023, at least 35 visits to the Congress were recorded, the most visited the congressman Esdras Medina Minaya.
