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Minedu Seeks ONPE Funds After Election-Day Break-In at Lima School

Education officials move to hold the election agency financially responsible for repairs.

Overview

  • A group of voters forced their way into the Inca Pachacútec 6037 school in San Juan de Miraflores during national voting and damaged the main door and part of the fence.
  • The Education Ministry said classes will run on Tuesday, April 14, and it has put safety steps in place for students and staff.
  • Lima’s regional education chief, Marco Tupayachi, said the break-in was planned, not a spur-of-the-moment protest, and that blunt tools were used to force the door.
  • Officials are drafting a technical report on the damage and will file a police complaint to identify those responsible.
  • Minedu will ask the election office ONPE to fund repairs because the school was under its custody as a polling site, a common setup when Peru uses schools for voting.