The Special Electoral Jury (JEE) of Lima Centro 1 resolved that the surveyor Peruvian company of studies, markets and public opinion (ICC) refrain from including the former president Martín Vizcarra In his electoral surveys, because he is disabled to exercise public office and Participate in electoral processes until April 2031.
The measure was adopted after a complaint that questioned the appearance of Vizcarra in the results of a presidential survey released in May 2025.
The Jee recalled that the ex -president was sanctioned by Congress and that the Constitutional Court has specified that the disqualification “prevents the sanctioned official from exercising the right of suffrage (choosing and being elected), the right of participation and the right to found, organize, belong or represent an organization or political party.”
The collegiate determined that the electoral regulations do not typify as violation the inclusion of people disabled in surveys, so there is no sanction against CPI.
“The rule does not contemplate an infraction or sanction for the reason for the complaint, that is, include an disabled person to exercise the public function as part of the results of a study of intention to vote,” is indicated in the resolution.
This in the sense that CPI argued before the Jee that they did not include Vizcarra in the survey questions, but that it was the surveyed people who organically mentioned the ex -president in the “Others” box.
However, the JEE warned that, while Vizcarra’s disqualification remains in force, the pollster must avoid consigning it as a candidate or member of a political organization. “The CPI pollster must refrain from including Mr. Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo as long as his disqualification remains in force,” he ordered.
The resolution also emphasizes that surveys “must provide reliable data that allow citizens to form their public opinion in a critically and informed way” and that it is essential that they provide “truthful, objective and updated information, especially in relevant aspects such as the list of candidates enabled to participate in an electoral process”, in order to avoid “the dissemination of inaccurate data that could induce the disinformation, generate false expectations or cause confusion and affect public order. ”
Finally, the JEE declared that “there is no merit for the opening of a sanctioning procedure” against CPI and ordered the file of the file, but notified the decision to the complainant, to the General Office of Information Technology and the Inspection Coordinator for her knowledge.
