The congressman Roberto Sanchezowner of the Together for Peru party that nominates several relatives of former coup president Pedro Castillo to Congress, violated the principle of electoral neutrality.
This is determined by a report from the Lima Este 1 Special Electoral Jury that establishes that the legislator in his capacity as a parliamentarian violated the Regulations on Electoral Propaganda, State Advertising and Neutrality in the Electoral Period, as did two workers in his office: the technician Ernesto Alonzo Zunini and the coordinator Gian Marco Castillo Gómez, precisely the nephew of the former president today imprisoned in the Barbadillo prison.
By virtue of this, according to the resolution, the scope of the report will be sent “to the Public Ministry, Comptroller General of the Republic and the Congress of the Republic, so that said institutions proceed in accordance with their powers.”
According to the document, Sánchez and his staff carried out, weeks ago, “political proselytizing activities in favor of the political organization Together for Peru outside the Barbadillo penitentiary establishment” with flags and banners with the symbol of their group and slogans that read: “President Pedro Castillo, Freedom! Together with the People.”
“It is necessary to indicate that, as of March 27, 2025, we are immersed in an electoral process; that is why the principle-duty of neutrality recognized in article 31 of our Political Constitution has been in force since March 27, 2025 and is mandatory for all officials and servants of the State,” the document states.
Along these lines, he adds that “it is the duty of every authority, official or servant of the State” to comply with the principle of electoral neutrality and prevent “in the exercise of their functions” from interfering with the normal development of an electoral process.
The JEE Lima Este 1 report also records the defense of the parliamentarian who alleges that the mobilization outside the Barbadillo prison “was intended to request the release of Pedro Castillo.”
“It was a sit-in in which various political organizations participated. Therefore, it was not an act in favor of any political organization. It was not a proselytizing act,” he alleges. However, in the images released of the activity, it should be noted, it is clearly observed that there are only banners with the Together for Peru logo.
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