Overview
- The JNE’s debate, which opened Monday in Lima with 11 candidates, focused on crime and corruption but drew media critiques for few actionable ideas and frequent personal attacks.
- Candidates pushed hardline measures such as scrapping so‑called pro‑crime laws, massive security spending, and even death penalties for contract killers, while José Luna named Daniel Urresti as his proposed interior minister and defended a recent court decision that voided Urresti’s conviction.
- The debate cycle continues Tuesday with a new slate of candidates under the same themes of citizen security and integrity, according to the JNE’s schedule.
- Congressman Segundo Montalvo asked the ONPE to detail spending on voter information and training after surveys showed widespread confusion about how to use the ballot for the April 12 election.
- Beyond Peru, justice issues also moved to the fore as Italy’s confirmatory referendum on judicial reform entered day two after a 38.9% first‑day turnout, and Argentina marked 50 years since the 1976 coup with mass marches calling for memory, truth, and justice.