Overview
- JNE’s plenary granted Mario Vizcarra’s appeal against three citizen challenges tied to his 2005 peculado conviction, allowing him to remain a candidate for Perú Primero.
- The court’s central reasoning pointed to the impugned law’s unjustified equation of adolescents with adults, which it said erases Peru’s specialized juvenile justice treatment.
- For Rafael López Aliaga, the JNE declared unfounded the appeals seeking to revive a challenge to his nomination, validating Renovación Popular’s candidacy.
- The objections to López Aliaga alleged his party’s internal selection should have been open to the public but was conducted only with party members.
- The rulings mark a break from prior exclusions and are portrayed as a precedent on eligibility and rehabilitation, with the detailed resolution to follow before the April 12 vote.