Overview
- The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) voted on Thursday, Aug. 20 to give Jurados Electorales Especiales (JEE) until Sunday, Aug. 23 to issue first‑instance rulings on tachas and candidate exclusions.
- The agreement requires JEEs to decide 'bajo responsabilidad' and was sent immediately to all JEE offices with publication on the JNE website to notify parties.
- The JNE stressed the short extension does not change the appeals timetable or final enrollment dates so the JNE must resolve any appeals by Sept. 4 and definitive candidate registrations remain set for Sept. 5.
- Local effects are already visible: the JEE Arequipa has excluded Perú Primero’s mayoral candidate for omitting a 2023 sentence and the party may appeal, while Tacna reports 63 registered organizations and several cases now pending at the JNE in Lima.
- Peru’s electoral law gives JEEs first‑instance jurisdiction and allows appeal to the JNE, so the extra days aim to clear a backlog caused by uneven caseloads but will keep some candidate lists unsettled until the national appeals process finishes.