Mario Vizcarra questioned the decision of the Special Electoral Jury (JEE) of Lima Centro that declared inadmissible the registration of the presidential list of Peru First and left him out of the 2026 general elections. Through a statement on his social networks, he assured that he will not back down and trusts that the decision will be reversed.
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“The JEE thing is really unprecedented: first they admit my list and then they accept the deletion. A decision that makes no head or tail that ignores the law. We fully trust that the JNE will bring order, correct this nonsense and enforce the Constitution. They are not going to bend me!” he wrote.
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He JEE decided to exclude the presidential formula of Peru First after declaring the charges against Vizcarra founded, due to a final sentence for the crime of embezzlement issued in 2005. According to the electoral body, the Organic Law of Elections establishes an express impediment to people convicted of crimes against the public administration from running for elected office, even if they have judicial rehabilitation.
In the resolution, the Special Electoral Jury He maintained that the restriction seeks to guarantee the suitability and probity of those who aspire to exercise the presidency of the Republic. Furthermore, he specified that said prohibition remains in force, because The Constitutional Court has not declared the corresponding article of the electoral law unconstitutional. For this reason, the JEE declared the presidential list as a whole inadmissible, which left Peru Primero out of the race.
This is not the first time that the candidacy of the brother of Martín Vizcarra faces observations. Days ago, another Special Electoral Jury He had already declared his candidacy for the Senate inadmissible for the same reason.
It is worth remembering that Luz Pacheco, president of the Constitutional Court (TC), He stated in previous days that Mario Vizcarra “would have impediments to apply” due to the final sentence for embezzlement that weighs against him, and pointed out that the restrictions for those convicted of corruption remain in force even if they have been rehabilitated, according to the criteria of previous sentences of the own. TC.
