Overview

• The Constitutional Court admitted the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones’ conflict-of-competence case against the judiciary and formally notified the defendant to answer within 30 business days.
• The dispute stems from a ruling by Lima’s Third Constitutional Court ordering the late registration of Unidad Popular for the 2026 elections despite the April 12 legal cutoff.
• The JNE asks the court to declare that judicial bodies lack competence to modify the approved electoral timetable once stages have precluded and to nullify the rulings issued in this case.
• El Comercio reports the court also admitted, by majority, a precautionary measure to suspend the effects of the judicial resolutions while the competence case is decided.
• Unidad Popular is led by former magistrate Duberlí Rodríguez, who has publicly accused the JNE of acting politically to favor Avanza País.