With a total of 33 political parties in the race, the registration process for the General Elections 2026 is in the stage of reviewing the blemishes of the organizations in charge of the National Election Jury (JNE). In this regard, the lawyer expert in constitutional issues José Manuel Villalobos analyzed to Peru21 the situation of these parties.
The case of Primero La Gente, whose plan was declared untimely and has yet to verify the veracity of the complaint by its candidate, Marisol Pérez Tello, about failures in the computer system.
“In the case of Primero La Gente, everything will depend on what the National Elections Jury says when resolving the appeal. They will have to request reports from their technical areas to determine if what Marisol Pérez Tello points out is true: that there were problems in the system and that even though they were connected on time, the system failed and did not allow them to register,” Villalobos said.
The specialist recalled that this is not the first time this has happened. “It is unfortunate that the system fails again. If so, if it is due to a systems issue that is the fault of the Jury, they should agree with the party,” he mentioned.
Villalobos questioned the formulation of the accusation against the Avanza País candidate, José Williams Zapata, which was based on alleged inconsistencies in the income declaration on his resume.
“For me, the strike is poorly formulated because what is being questioned are inconsistencies in the resume due to having declared income that would not be correct. In the worst case scenario, that merits a fine for Williams, but it does not strike it out,” argued the lawyer, pointing out that an essential requirement of the candidacy is not questioned.
Regarding Perú Primero, whose complaint against Mario Vizcarra was declared founded in the first instance, the JNE must consider the strict application of Law No. 30717 (on violations of the resume) in the face of previous decisions of the Constitutional Court that, in individual cases, have made its application more flexible.
In the case of Renovación Popular, whose objections were declared unfounded in the first instance, Villalobos assured that “it is most likely that the National Elections Jury will confirm the first instance decision and reject the objections, because as the Special Law Jury says, the Onpe’s decision on which type of primaries Renovación Popular had to use is a firm decision that no official questioned or challenged at the time.”
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