Lima District Mayors Back Acting Mayor Reggiardo’s Challenges to Electoral Rulings

Overview

• A joint statement released Thursday by a group of Lima district mayors voiced support for acting metropolitan mayor Renzo Reggiardo’s legal push against national electoral decisions.
• Reggiardo has filed two measures, a competence claim to the Constitutional Court and a rights-protection suit to the Judiciary, to contest rulings by the National Jury of Elections and the elections office.
• Supporters say the actions seek to restore the full exercise of voting rights in Lima after the April 12 elections, alleging harmful acts or omissions by ONPE and JNE that affected hundreds of thousands of voters.
• The mayors urged fast review by the courts, with signatories listed from districts such as Miraflores, Ate, Barranco, Jesús María, La Molina, La Victoria, Lince, San Borja, San Isidro, and others.
• A Peru21 opinion column accuses Reggiardo of breaching neutrality by using his office and city resources to back his party’s claims, warning sanctions up to removal, while the court cases remain pending.