Overview
- The government published Supreme Decree No. 073-2026-PCM in the official gazette, extending neutrality and integrity rules first set in 2025 to the 2026 regional and municipal elections.
- The decree makes neutrality mandatory for all public officials and workers regardless of contract type and bans using state goods, staff, vehicles, or public spaces to help or hurt any candidate or party.
- Each agency’s Office of Integrity gains a larger role to prevent and monitor breaches and must coordinate with the Public Integrity Secretariat in the Prime Minister’s office.
- Authorities say control agencies and prosecutors should act quickly on violations, and the decree carries the signatures of President José María Balcázar and Prime Minister Luis Arroyo.
- In a separate act, Balcázar promulgated a law that makes public and private schools and universities preferred voting sites, requires them to provide access, and sets fines for institutions that refuse, aiming to ease voting for the October 4, 2026 elections.