Overview
- The National Jury of Elections upheld Mario Vizcarra’s candidacy by granting his appeal and left Rafael López Aliaga’s bid intact by rejecting appeals against the earlier dismissal of a challenge.
- Vizcarra’s case involved a 2005 embezzlement conviction already served with rehabilitation, which had triggered citizen challenges under Law 30717 that bars candidates with corruption sentences.
- Applying proportionality and fundamental-rights criteria, the tribunal concluded there should be no perpetual political sanction for rehabilitated individuals, echoing limits previously outlined by the Constitutional Court.
- The detailed written resolution explaining the legal reasoning will be published soon, with potential implications for future eligibility disputes.
- Challenges to López Aliaga centered on an alleged irregularity in his party’s internal selection process, but the electoral bodies maintained the first-instance rejection of the tacha.