Overview
- Asociación Civil Transparencia hosted a public signing in Lima on December 4 with more than 50–60 organizations formalizing the Pacto de Adhesión to the Electoral Observation Platform.
- Signatories include Grupo RPP and La República, alongside business groups, universities, faith organizations and NGOs, with international witnesses from the Canadian embassy and the United Nations.
- Transparencia set a recruitment target of 5,000–6,000 volunteer observers across all regions, aiming to cover at least a third of provinces with urban and rural sampling.
- The pact codifies minimum standards for monitoring that emphasize neutrality and independence, transparency, respect and ethics, citizen participation and the promotion of the rule of law.
- The platform will issue periodic public reports from the formal start of the campaign on February 15, with organizers warning of a complex contest that includes risks of political violence and non-acceptance of results.