This Thursday the 15th the JNE will review the appeal of the blemish against the candidacy of Mario Vizcarra

The presidential candidate for Peru First and brother of the former president Martin Vizcarra, Mario Vizcarrahas his appeal hearing scheduled for tomorrow, January 15, before the National Election Jury (JNE), against an accusation imposed and admitted in his name for not declaring a sentence at the time of registering as a candidate for the 2026 elections.

The general secretary of the party has denied the “sale of seats” and said that the amount was a donation.

A week ago, the Special Electoral Jury (JEE) of Lima Centro 1 declared the appeal presented before the JNE inadmissible. The decision came after an omission in the full payment of the electoral fee. According to the resolution, the legal representative of Perú Primero, José Luis Alvarado Gonzáles, attached payment receipts for a total of S/. 1,605.

However, this amount did not correspond to the total amount updated according to the Tax Tax Unit (UIT) in force for the year 2026, which amounts to S/. 1,650 for the concept of appeal against a presidential candidate’s fault.

This amount was corrected immediately, so the Peru Primero hearing was scheduled, which will be live and will include the participation of the organization’s lawyer who will declare before the members of the Jury the reasons why the appeal against Mario Vizcarra’s fault should be accepted.

As recalled, the Special Electoral Jury (JEE) Lima Centro 2 has declared Mario Vizcarra’s candidacy for the Senate for the Peru Primero party inadmissible upon verifying that it registers a final conviction for the crime of embezzlement. The electoral body has indicated that this sentence is a legal and unconstitutional impediment that “does not allow correction or exception.”

Vizcarra acknowledged having been convicted in 2005 for embezzlement, pointing out that the sentence was served and that he was rehabilitated.

However, in its resolution on his candidacy for the Senate, the JEE warned that the file number recorded was incomplete, which initially prevented the information from being verified. The subsequent review, carried out through the Criminal Record Information Request Module, confirmed that the candidate maintains a firm conviction for corruption of officials.

With this, the electoral body concluded that Vizcarra incurs the insurmountable impediment provided for in article 113, literal h, of the Organic Law of Elections, which prohibits those who have been convicted of crimes such as embezzlement from running for elected office, even when they have been rehabilitated.