He National Electoral Jury (JNE) declared the political organization’s primaries invalid Popular actionwhere the winner was announced Alfredo Barnechea as a representative for the 2026 general electionby exposing significant deficiencies affecting internal democracy and due process. The JNE announced this through its social networks, explaining that the decision was made through Resolution No. 0745-2025-JNE.
“The plenary session of the JNE has decided to declare invalid the primaries of the political organization Acción Popular to determine its candidates for the 2026 general elections because they presented significant deficiencies that violate the principles of internal democracy and due process,” the company said on its X account.
The resolution indicates that discrepancies were found between the list of delegates declared winners by the National Election Committee of the People’s Action and the list of electoral materials prepared by the National Election Committee National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) in the Nov. 30 primary election. These irregularities were found in the constituencies Áncash, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, North Lima, Central Lima, West Lima, Lima Provinces, Loreto, Piura, Tacna And Ucayali.
The JNE also clarified that despite the cancellation of the internal elections It is not possible to reverse the process or declare new area codes. According to the plenary session, “the milestone of December 7, 2025 (delegates elections) would be broken and the milestone of December 15, relating to the announcement of the results of the primary elections, would be jeopardized.”
The measure annuls the proclamation of Alfredo Barnechea and suspends the representation of Popular Action in the next general elections, underlining the seriousness of the deficiencies identified. in the transparency of the internal process and its impact on the national electoral plan.
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