The Special Electoral Jury (JEE) of Lima Center 2 noted the candidacy of Sandra Elizabeth Castro Castillo to the Senate for not having submitted a prior resignation to the Public Ministry, requirement that is required by the Organic Law of Elections for acting prosecutors. Castro tries to reach Congress in the list of Purple Party for the 2026 general elections.
According to the resolution, it was determined that Castrowho was listed as a candidate in position number 4 on the list for the Senate for the single district, only submitted a request for an unpaid license, which does not comply with the legal requirement of resignation six months before the elections.
“In her capacity as deputy provincial criminal prosecutor of the Santa Rosa Corporate Prosecutor’s Office of the Lima Northwest tax district, she has filed a request for an unpaid license, for the period from February 12, 2026 to April 12, 2026,” it reads.
“The members of the Constitutional Court, the Council of the Judiciary, the Judiciary, the Public Ministry, the organizations that make up the electoral system and the Ombudsman cannot be candidates for representatives to the Congress of the Republic and representatives to the Andean Parliament, unless they resign six (6) months before the date of the elections,” they add.
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The JEE specified that this situation generates a rectifiable inadmissibility, which is why it granted a period of two calendar days to the legal representative of the Purple Party to correct the observation.
“The inadmissibility of the formula or the list of candidates, due to observation of one or more of them, can be corrected within a period of two (2) calendar days, counted from the day after notification,” they specify.
Tomás Gálvez concludes the appointment of Sandra Castro after her candidacy for the Senate
He Public Ministry terminated the appointment of Sandra Castro Castillo, prosecutor known for her role in the investigation of the ‘Los Cuellos Blancos’ casethrough a resolution signed by the acting National Prosecutor, Tomás Aladino Gálvez.
The measure was adopted after Castro was included as a candidate for the Senate on the Purple Party list for the 2026 elections. Until that moment, the lawyer worked as deputy provincial criminal prosecutor in the Lima Northwest tax district, a position that was formally concluded with the resolution.
