The party of the former Minister of Justice, Marisol Pérez Tello, People First (PLG)is on the verge of being left out of the elections 2026 after their registration was not admitted due to technical failures linked to the digital signature system of the JNE. The group warns that, if this situation is not corrected, its entire presidential plan and its lists would be excluded from the electoral process.
The candidate held the electoral authority directly responsible for the collapse of the digital platform in the final hours of the official deadline. As he explained, his organization began the process within the established time, but was unable to complete it because the system stopped working, preventing the valid presentation of documents.
Added to this scenario is the economic cost of appealing. Marisol Pérez Tello reported that the JNE requires the payment of S/ 2,000 for each list to access the second instance, which exceeds S/ 114,000. For the former minister, this is a disproportionate demand when the problem was not caused by her party.
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Marisol Pérez Tello on payment of appeal to the JNE: “It is an absurd bureaucratic barrier”
The main obstacle for People First Reversing delisting is inexpensive. Marisol Pérez Tello reported that the JNE requires the payment of S/ 2,000 for each list to access the second instance, which together exceeds S/ 114,000. “To get to the second instance you have to pay more than S/ 114 thousand soles for them to fix a problem that they have committed,” he stated.
The candidate questioned whether her party was forced to assume that expense when the failure was attributed to the electoral authority itself. “If I have to pay for my mistake, I pay. But if I have to appeal for your mistake, the outrage is double,” he said, considering that the collection of fees in this context constitutes a barrier that affects the right to political participation.
Pérez Tello warned that, without payment, the case cannot even be evaluated by the JNEwhich leaves his group without effective defense. “If you don’t pay, you don’t get to the JNE. How are we going to pay? We’ll do a danceable poll, because we don’t have State funds like other parties,” he said, noting that this demand could leave organizations without large resources out of the race in the elections 2026.
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Failure of the JNE digital system leaves PLG lists for 2026 in uncertainty
In addition to the high cost of appeal, Marisol Pérez Tello pointed out that the origin of the problem was a failure in the digital signature system, attributed to the provider hired by the company itself. JNE. As he explained, his party began the process within the official deadline, but could not conclude it because the technological platform stopped operating in the final hours.
The candidate recalled that the jury extended the registration period until noon on December 24, so the electoral authority had to guarantee the operation of its system until that moment. “If you tell me that I can do this until 12, you have to guarantee that I can do it until 12,” he said, questioning the transfer of responsibility to the parties.
Pérez Tello warned that the lack of clear deadlines to resolve this type of incident aggravates the uncertainty towards the elections 2026. Unlike the strikeout processes, he noted, there is no defined schedule to correct technical failures, which leaves open the possibility that several organizations will be left out without a timely response from the JNE.
