Overview
- The government published Supreme Decree No. 007-2026-TR in the official gazette on Wednesday to set labor rules for the June 7 presidential second round.
- The decree, signed by President José María Balcázar and ministers Freddy Solano González and Aldo Martín Prieto Barrera, gives legal force to the new voting accommodations.
- Workers who perform services outside their voting district may be authorized not to work on June 5–8 but private employees must show proof of voting and agree with employers on how missed time is compensated.
- Public agencies must ensure continuity of essential services and decide how staff will recover missed workdays while workers required to work on June 7 get paid time to vote during their shift.
- Members of polling stations are authorized to be absent from work on election day and a nationwide ley seca banning alcohol sales runs from 8:00 a.m. June 6 to 8:00 a.m. June 8.