ONPE | JNJ approves Piero Corvetto to continue as ONPE Chairman for another four-year term: Everything that happened at the hearing | Piero Corvetto, ONPE Head | Details | Exhibition | Policy

This plenary session National Judicial Council （Johnson & Johnson) Revoke and approve Piero Corvetto As the responsible person National Electoral Process Office The officer has appealed for a reconsideration of the initial decision not to confirm his position.

The JNJ accepted Corveto’s request by a majority vote: six in favor (President Antonio de la Haza, Aldo Vázquez, Inés Tello, Imelda Tumiarán, María Zavala and Guillermo Thornberry) and one against (Marco Tullio Falconi). The plenary session of the institution voted on the case after a public hearing held on Thursday.

To be precise, on Thursday afternoon, it was agreed that Johnson & Johnson Approved Carmen Villard As the head National Identity and Citizenship Registry (Renetz) for another four years. His term ends on August 31.

Voting for Velarde were Antonio de la Haza, Aldo Vazquez, Ines Tello, Imelda Tumiarán, Maria Zavala and Marco Tullio Falconi. Guillermo Thornberry abstained from participating andSince he had worked with the officer before, he was in the approval process.

On Thursday, during a public hearing, Corvetto Salinas and Velarde Koechlin presented their arguments and reported on actions taken by their respective agencies during the first four years.

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Carmen Villard’s Audience

Carmen Velarde appeared at the JNJ plenary session, which had six members due to Guillermo Thornberry’s abstention.

The ratification process for Reniec’s boss was originally scheduled for May 3, but at the time the JNJ had only five members; the meeting failed to reach the necessary quorum due to Thornberry’s abstention.

In her remarks, the lawyer noted that Reinetz has been preparing for the 2026 elections and she said she is updating the voter roll, which must be completed by April 2025.

“That’s right, April 2025; that’s why we are preparing, helping to verify the signatures of the political parties, which is what we have been working on to meet the deadline,” he noted.

He assured that Reinetz had put in place stronger computer security measures to prevent the inclusion of deceased people in the voter rolls.

In her statement, Villard consulted on a report published by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), in which it was reported that the leader of Renets did not comply with submitting her sworn declaration of interests at the beginning of her administration.

“If this is what the President of the Council of Ministers tells us, I will accept this, let us remember that this is a year into the pandemic. I remember saying that if the President does not say this, I will accept the investigation, even if the deadline has passed.Willard responded.

Willard finally ensured that his management would not be questioned on corruption issues.

Corvetto assures Onpe of false information campaign

The JNJ plenary session was composed of seven JNJ members during the speech of Piero Corvetto, who replaced Aldo Vásquez and Inés Tello.

It is recalled that in May last year, the election experts were not approved by the JNJ, which had only five members at that time.

In light of that, he filed an appeal for reconsideration, which Johnson & Johnson New Jersey analyzed Thursday.

The JNJ Organic Act stipulates that approval by the ONPE and Reniec chairmen requires affirmative votes from at least five members of the plenary session.

During the approval process, Corbito received only four votes, corresponding to JNJ president Antonio de la Haza and members María Zavala, Imelda Tumialán and Guillermo Thornberry; since Marco Tullio Falconi chose not to approve the bill during his term.

However, now counting the seven-member JNJ full assembly, Corbito needs one or two votes from Vazquez and Tello plus four members’ votes in his favor to continue serving four more years.

JNJ elected Corvetto Salinas as Onpe head in August 2020 for a four-year term.

Corvetto stressed in his speech at JNJ that one of the issues they had to face during his administration was the misinformation generated during the 2021 election process.

We did our best job in the worst of circumstances. Never before had there been a wave of misinformation as big as ours. Polarization, misinformation (…) No one imagined that we could have a wave of misinformation, but we responded and were able to answer every single fake news or lie.”

Piero Corvetto, head of Onpe.

Another point, he noted, was that the bill was not approved because Falconi’s negative vote showed that Onpe was mired in distrust during his administration and had not come up with legislative initiatives.

In response, Corvetto pointed out that Onpe does not have the power to directly propose legislative initiatives, so when they do so, it is through the National Election Jury (JNE) that their proposals are approved.

Finally, he noted that none of the reports issued by the Institutional Control Institute (OCI) questioned his management as the head of Onpe.

Read the resolution approving PIERO CORVETTO as head of ONPE

“It has the conditions to proceed with the 2026 electoral process.”

Lawyer Jorge Jáuregui, an expert in electoral law, noted in a conversation with El Comercio that the decision of the National Judicial Council (JNJ) to approve Piero Corbieto was “very convenient” because the official’s management had great respect for him, a fundamental principle of the democratic electoral process.

The expert highlighted his role in the last elections in 2021, despite unfavorable conditions and the pandemic situation.

“Under unfavorable conditions, Corbito has managed to lead ONPE to guarantee clean, transparent and fair elections in the country. In my opinion, it has all the conditions to approve and guarantee the country democratic elections in 2026 with the guarantee that the votes will be respected,” he said.

Regarding the criticism levelled against the first Corvetto management, he pointed out that there had been a disinformation campaign, especially through social networks, which had systematically sustained the idea of ​​fraud without any debate.

Therefore, he assured that the suspicion of one group of people was “reasonable” considering that the campaign has continued until this year, despite the fact that most citizens have a favorable impression of Ongpe.

“I think there is every reason to say that citizens trust Onpe, despite a very intense misinformation campaign by a sector that is unable to act democratically in the face of electoral defeat. The party that now holds a significant number of seats, having lost the presidential race, even set up a commission to investigate fraud, and there is no debate,” he argued.

Regarding the intervention of councillors Aldo Vásquez and Inés Tello, during the approval vote of the president of ONPE, Jáuregui Mendieta pointed out that it is within their power to protect the impact on the fundamental rights of the two lawyers.

Along these lines, he maintains that the criticism of the aforementioned decision is aimed at “weakening” the institutional nature of the democratic regime’s organization, of which the JNJ is key, since it is responsible for appointing the heads of Onpe and Reniec, and even local judges who can participate as members of the national election jury if elected in its institutions.

“I believe it has the conditions to conduct an electoral process for the 2026 elections (…) I do not consider extreme or fragmented multipartyism as a problem that cannot be part of the traditional operating logic of the country, another problem is violence, the lack of transparency in the choice of candidates by political parties, the financing of political parties, which should be a greater concern than the existence of multiple parties.”

Jorge Jarregui, Attorney specializing in election law

“If gentlemen have antibodies in certain sectors, the best thing to do is to update them”

Alejandro Rospigliosi, a constitutional lawyer and expert on electoral issues, told the newspaper that it would be best if neither Piero Corvetto, president of the Umpé party, nor Carmen Velarde, president of the Renetz party, were approved.

“I believe that the change of power is a democratic principle. Gentlemen have finished four years of management and we must shake hands, pack our bags and go home and compete for the new head of Onpe and Reniec, because we must not only be honest, but also show honesty.“,He said.

Rospiriosi said he maintained that the elections from 2021 to date have been clean and transparent; election observers from the European Union, the United States and the Organization of American States have approved this.

However, he explained that there were not only errors or irregularities in the administration of Corvetto and Velarde, but also antibodies were produced.

For example, he noted that in Reinec’s case, there was a shortage of identification documents.

“There was a crisis in obtaining identity documents, which was approved today due to a lack of planning by the leaders of Reinec. We saw the good things he did in a biased way but did not see the mistakes in his management,” he said.

He then argued that if Corvito had antibodies, the National Judicial Council would be better off not approving it.

“These are clean and transparent elections, yes, I do not doubt that, but why anger a section of fellow citizens? I repeat, rotation is the principle of democracy. There are suitable professionals who have held these positions, why the same people?” he asked.

He maintained that the approval of the two officials happened because there would be a department in the JNJ pushing for this, which was a “provocation” despite the fact that it had been able to avoid this by seeking a change in the two bodies.

“If gentlemen have antibodies from certain sectors, the best thing to do would be to update them, change them, but they have been approved as if they are the only enlightened ones.”

Alejandro Rospiriosi, Constitutional lawyer.