Different paths for congressmen Patricia Chirinos and Luis Aragón. The plenary session of the National Election Jury (JNE) defined the electoral future of both legislators and in a preview of the ruling confirmed the candidacy for the Senate for the Callao region of the legislator from Renovación Popular, while it declared the appeal of the acciopopulist candidate from Avanza País unfounded, being excluded from the elections on April 12.
In the case of Chirinos, the JNE revoked the decision adopted in the first instance by the Special Electoral Jury (JEE) of Callao, which had rejected his registration.
Said body initially maintained that there were observations linked to the rules of internal democracy, because, in the registration application, only one of the two candidates listed had been elected through primary elections.
The controversy centered on the fact that Chirinos was selected by direct appointment, while other members of the list would have gone through different mechanisms.
During the public hearing, Renovación Popular’s defense argued that the party’s internal process was in accordance with the law. Finally, the plenary session accepted these grounds and declared the appeal founded, enabling Chirinos’ continuity in the electoral race for the Senate in the Callao region.
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The fate of Luis Aragón was different, who sought to run for the Chamber of Deputies for Cusco with Avanza País, despite maintaining his political affiliation with Acción Popular, a party that was excluded from the general elections after the JNE annulled its internal elections due to allegations of fraud.
The plenary session of the JNE confirmed the resolution of the JEE of Cusco, which declared its registration inadmissible considering that the Direct Appointment Act was not correctly accredited and that the documentation presented in the correction did not comply with what was required.
Furthermore, the electoral body questioned the validity of the authorization attached by Aragón to apply for another group, maintaining that it was signed by the legal representative of Acción Popular, who—according to the evaluation of the JEE—would not have the authority to grant said permission.
At the time, Aragón’s candidacy for Avanza País provoked a reaction from his party, which denied having authorized its member to run on the list that leads José Willians to the presidency.
The president of AP, Julio Chávez, even announced that Aragón would be expelled from the group as a “traitor” for disobeying a party agreement supported by the same congressman by which no militant would participate in the general elections.
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