Overview

• JNE public prosecutor Ronald Angulo and counsel Víctor García Toma submitted a precautionary measure to the Constitutional Court on September 24 to halt the contested judicial rulings.
• The request seeks to suspend orders that enabled Unidad Popular and fined JNE members, and to direct the judiciary to avoid decisions that change the electoral timetable or allow parties that missed deadlines to compete.
• The JNE invokes Article 110 of the Constitutional Procedural Code and alleges a competential overreach, citing Constitutional Court precedent that protects the intangibility of the electoral schedule.
• The dispute follows a Lima constitutional court’s mandate to register Unidad Popular within two business days under progressive individual fines, including a S/2,675 penalty per JNE member for noncompliance.
• The Constitutional Court has not ruled on the measure, so the enforcement of the registration order and fines remains unresolved pending the broader competencial case.