Overview
- Peru’s public prosecutor has filed formal charges against presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez and requested a five‑year, four‑month sentence plus a permanent disqualification from holding the presidency.
- Prosecutors allege Sánchez filed false financial reports to the National Office of Electoral Processes for 2018–2020 and failed to disclose more than 280,000 soles from dues and contributions, with some funds routed to personal accounts, according to El Comercio.
- Sánchez’s lawyer told RPP that the party treasurer, not Sánchez, was responsible for the filings and said the disputed funds were managed by the party’s electoral committee for regional campaign logistics.
- Under Peruvian law, Sánchez can continue campaigning because only a final conviction confirmed on appeal can void a candidacy, and a sitting president would receive immunity that pauses criminal cases.
- The court is set to decide on May 27 whether to send the case to trial as vote counts show Sánchez advancing to a June 7 runoff against Keiko Fujimori with about 12% to her 17.17%.