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Peru Signs OAS Accord to Enable Election Observation as Overseas Voting Plan Advances

Consulates move to finalize roughly 4,000 polling stations for 1.21 million expatriate voters.

Overview

  • The Foreign Ministry and the OAS signed a host-country agreement granting privileges and immunities to election observers for the April 12 general elections.
  • The signing in Lima included Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela, OAS Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin, and the heads of JNE, ONPE and Reniec.
  • Six observer organizations are confirmed to deploy missions: the OAS, European Union, Carter Center, UNIORE, CAPEL and A‑WEB.
  • Peruvian consulates are in the final phase of contracting and preparing voting sites abroad, coordinating permits and restricting entry to voters with DNI.
  • Consular officials will physically transport electoral records and ballots from overseas posts to Peru to ensure official counting under a secure chain of custody.