UPDATE:
The Plenary Session of Constitutional Court (TC) elected by majority as the new president of the institution, Judge Luz Pacheco Zerga, Judge Helder Domínguez Haro as vice president, and Judge César Ochoa Cardich as general director of the Center for Constitutional Studies.
The plenary session was held at 11 a.m. at the San Isidro headquarters and was also attended by the president of the TC, Francisco Morales Saravia, and the judges Gustavo Gutiérrez Ticse, Manuel Monteagudo Valdez and Pedro Hernández Chávez.
The new authorities will be sworn into office tomorrow at 9:30 am at the San Isidro headquarters.
ORIGINAL NOTE:
The Plenary Session of Constitutional Court (TC) The new head of the Council is elected today, who will replace Francisco Morales Saravia for a two-year period and with the possibility of re-election for only one more year.
The election will also affect the vice presidency currently held by Luz Pacheco Zerga.
In accordance with Article 6 of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court, the election of the president and vice-president of the institution is carried out in a plenary session and by secret ballot.
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One of the candidates rumored to be a candidate for the presidency of the Constitutional Court is Gustavo Gutiérrez Ticse, although there are also rumors of Luz Pacheco’s candidacy. The other members of the plenary are Helder Domínguez Haro, Manuel Monteagudo Valdez, César Ochoa and Pedro Hernández Chávez.
How reported Peru21 days ago, the election of the new head of the TC will also be important to determine the eventual annulment of the disqualifications that weigh on former President Martín Vizcarra and that prevent him from running for the Presidency of the Republic in 2026.
According to a report by the Investigative Unit of this newspaper, the former president has filed a constitutional appeal seeking to have his rights restored by the Constitutional Court, which he believes have been taken away from him by Parliament.
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