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Lima Electoral Panel Weighs Sanctioning Premier Arana Over Posts Backing Fuerza Popular

A fiscalization report says his official accounts breached neutrality rules during the electoral period.

Overview

  • The JEE Lima Centro 1 report concludes Eduardo Arana may have violated neutrality by disseminating a PCM communiqué on official Facebook and X accounts that favored Fuerza Popular.
  • Wendolyne Zapata Vidaurre, the fiscalization coordinator, sent the report to JEE president Hugo León Manco to decide whether to open a sanctioning process.
  • The PCM statement rejected the Fiscalía’s request to declare Fuerza Popular illegal and cancel its registration, asserting that prosecutors were overstepping the law.
  • Arana denies any interference and says his aim was to safeguard participation guarantees for any political organization, emphasizing procedures over individuals.
  • Lawmakers criticized the PCM’s position as partisan as general elections approach in April, and the report underscores that the Fiscalía’s request targets only Fuerza Popular.