Overview
- Álvarez presented the Supreme Court file (R.N. No. 3263-2006) showing he was acquitted on December 5, 2007 and that the court ordered the annulment of his judicial and police records.
- He had received a first‑instance conviction in 2002 with a four‑year suspended sentence, which was later reformed on appeal and overturned by the Supreme Court.
- Party representatives Juan Sheput and Vladimir Meza said the candidate has an acquittal rather than a conviction and maintained there is no legal impediment to his run.
- Electoral law specialist José Manuel Villalobos stated candidates must declare only final convictions for intentional crimes, not acquittals or non‑final processes.
- Media scrutiny persists over the omission in his JNE filing, and Álvarez said he would withdraw if electoral authorities determine he misled voters.