Overview
- The full Senate approved the reglamento on Thursday with 40 votes in favor, formally setting the procedures that will govern the replacement of six of seven Tribunal Constitucional magistrates whose terms end in May 2027.
- The new scoring raises the weight of the curriculum to 70 points and sets the interview at 30 points, lowers the curricular pass threshold from 65 to 50 points, and requires an overall minimum score to qualify for the shortlist.
- The Comisión de Procedimientos Especiales will run the public merit contest and verify candidates while the Senate pleno will make the final appointments by a two‑thirds vote of the legal number of senators.
- Voting lines reflected party blocs: Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular, Partido Cívico Obras and Buen Gobierno backed the reglamento, Juntos por el Perú largely opposed it though Percy Osorio voted in favor, and Ahora Nación and Juana Ticona abstained.
- Opposition lawmakers and analysts warn the design concentrates appointment power in a single chamber and that senator‑graded interviews create room for political discretion, prompting calls for staggered renewals and broader appointing bodies grounded in earlier debates over Law 31031 and constitutional design.