Overview
- López Chau stated his confinement during Peru’s military rule was strictly political and that he received an amnesty months later.
- He posted an official letter from the Judiciary’s Judicial Records Office confirming no registered final conviction in his name.
- He argued his candidate résumé meets legal requirements because declarations cover criminal or judicial records, not political detentions.
- He cited past roles as university rector, Central Reserve Bank director, and CAEM professor as evidence of no legal impediments to public service.
- Critics, including a columnist and ex-congressman Edgar Villanueva, continue to press for details on charges, the amnesty decree, duration, and prisons allegedly involved, including Lurigancho.