Overview
- The party Juntos por el Perú escalated its challenge to overseas ballots by filing a formal nullity request for votes from 119 consular offices and presenting a constitutional complaint against Foreign Minister Carlos Pareja.
- The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones reviewed appeals related to the June 7 runoff and on Monday, June 22, declared 24 of Juntos por el Perú’s appeals unfounded while one was partly upheld.
- Foreign Minister Carlos Pareja rejected the complaint and said the Foreign Ministry followed electoral rules and preserved the chain of custody, noting auditors and observers found no systemic irregularities.
- Fact checks and legal experts told reporters that Peru’s electoral law and ONPE operational rules allow consular or Foreign Ministry staff to act as members of polling tables in low‑turnout countries, weakening JP’s legal argument.
- Separately, former interior minister Daniel Urresti asked the Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights to review his annulled conviction and seek a new trial, a petition that will first face admissibility review before any merits hearing.