Overview

• Attorney General Delia Espinoza filed the petition on September 19 requesting that Keiko Fujimori’s party be declared illegal for alleged anti-democratic actions.
• The more than 300-page brief alleges systematic refusal to accept the 2011, 2016 and 2021 election results and campaigns to delegitimize the winners, affecting governability.
• Prosecutors claim the party coordinated with or tolerated violent collectives such as La Resistencia and mounted threats, hate campaigns and parliamentary pressure against magistrates, politicians, journalists and human-rights organizations.
• Peru’s Presidency of the Council of Ministers said the Public Ministry cannot determine which parties compete in the 2026 elections, while Keiko Fujimori called the request a “cortina de humo” linked to a JNJ hearing on Espinoza’s possible suspension.
• If the court accepts the request under Article 14, legal experts say Fuerza Popular would be deregistered without voiding current officeholders’ mandates, and the case stems from a citizen complaint received in March 2025.