Overview
- The Pleno of the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones declared Somos Perú’s appeal founded and revoked the Jurado Electoral Especial de Morropón’s nullification in a decision issued this week.
- The JNE has not yet published its full written resolution so the exact remedy—whether a public vote‑by‑vote recount or treatment under ONPE’s ‘actas siniestradas’ rules—remains pending.
- Citing October 4 violence at the José Carlos Mariátegui school, prosecutors and the ODPE documented destroyed ánforas, damaged ballots and 23 electoral actas logged as ‘siniestradas’, with reports of a broken chain of custody and only partial recovery.
- About 6,200 votes from San Juan de Bigote are in dispute and could change which party advances to the December 6 second round, since ONPE tallies place APP first, Podemos second and Somos Perú narrowly third.
- Legal experts disagree on next steps: some say the JNE can order a recount if recoverable material exists, while others argue a recount would violate election law when ballots were materially altered; ONPE/ODPE custodians must first present the safeguarded material to the JEE for action.