Martín Vizcarra was left out of the presidential plan of Peru Primero

Outside the process. Despite the countless times in which the former president Martin Vizcarra He tried to enter the electoral race with a view to the general elections of April 2026 even though he was disqualified from holding public office by decision of the Congress of the Republic, he was finally left out of the race.

As confirmed by this newspaper, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) did not allow the registration of Vizcarra in the computer system enabled for political organizations, in which Perú Primero intended to register him as a candidate for the first vice presidency with the aim of catapulting the presidential candidacy of his brother, Mario.

Prosecutor Rafael Vela said that there is enough evidence for the former president to serve a prison sentence.

Sources of Peru21 They explained that the president of the central electoral body of Perú Primero, Elita del Zocorro Monteza Fuentes, presented a letter to the ONPE in which she requested the reason why Martín Vizcarra cannot be registered in the primary elections registry (REP), a platform to which all groups with the green light to participate in the race have access.

The response of the country’s highest electoral body, denying the possibility of registering it, is based on the fact that the registration of candidates for the presidential ticket is based on the register of members approved by the National Elections Jury (JNE), where Martín Vizcarra is not found. As recalled, at the end of June of this year the JNE issued a resolution removing Vizcarra’s militancy, in accordance with the disqualifications approved by the Congress of the Republic against him.

This afternoon Vizcarra published a letter through

“We have presented the corresponding resources and we will continue with the precautionary measure before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” he said.

Despite being disqualified, Perú Primero wanted to register Vizcarra as a candidate for the first vice presidency, hoping that the supranational court will accept the precautionary measure they presented and allow him to participate in the general elections, to be held in April 2026.