Overview
- Acuña attributed the selections to a party “special commission” and acknowledged that vetting failed to consider judicial records.
- Investigations using JNE candidate filings counted 252 contenders with final convictions nationwide, placing APP among the highest totals.
- APP has not presented a corrective plan or announced removals, with Acuña stating the electorate will be the “best judge.”
- Reported offenses span nonpayment of child support, peculado, defamation, falsification, and assault, often resulting in suspended or monetary penalties.
- A separate complaint seeks to exclude vice-presidential hopeful Arturo Fernández for not declaring a defamation conviction in his JNE paperwork.