Elections 2022: Álex Kouri did not register his candidacy for the Regional Government of Callao

alex kuriformer regional president and former mayor of Callao, did not register his candidacy for the Regional Government of Callaofacing the Regional and Municipal Elections 2022 next October 2.

After the deadline for registration of the lists of applicants, in the Electoral Platform of the National Elections Jury (JNE) The name of Kouri Bumachar or his party, Somos Callao, does not appear.

As recalled, Álex Kouri was sentenced to five years in prison by the Judiciary to benefit “directly” to the enterprise friendly to build the Callao Expressway in 1999, and left the Ancón II prison in June 2021.

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Kouri was sentenced in June 2016 for being found guilty of the crime of unfair collusion to the detriment of the Stateafter it was verified that had favored Convial with almost 32 million dollars through contracts and addenda.

Also, he was ordered to pay a civil compensation of 26 million soles. In his list of candidates for regional councilors, Kouri Bumachar had characters like the soccer player Víctor Rossel.

However, in the records of the National Civil Service Authority (Servir), the former head of Chim Pum Callao appears with current disqualification due to criminal convictions for crimes against the public administration.

Article 113 of Law No. 26859, Organic Law of Elections, establishes that those sentenced to a custodial sentence, effective or suspended, with a consensual or enforceable sentence, by the commission, as authors, of intentional crimes of collusion, embezzlement or corruption of officials; even when they have been rehabilitated.

Namely, Alex Kouri and all those sentenced for these crimes would not be able to run in the regional and municipal elections of 2022. Despite this, Somos Callao managed to register with the JNE.

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