Peru's top judges and opposition candidate demand technical judicial reforms

The presidents of Peru's superior courts issued a joint statement stressing that judicial independence, impartiality, constitutional compliance, transparency, speed, accessibility and accountability are essential. They warned that any reform to the judicial career system must be based on technical, constitutional and plural analysis, and opposed legislative initiatives that could jeopardize independence, including a substitute bill that modifies the Judicial Career Law and the Penal Code by aggravating the crime of prevarication. They expressed full support for Judiciary President Janet Tello Gilardi's actions to preserve institutional autonomy.

Presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez of Juntos por el Perú announced that his party will join a parliamentary bloc with Partido Cívico Obras and Ahora Nación. The bloc aims to repeal the so‑called “leyes procrimen” and opposes a congressional ruling that would give exclusive military‑police jurisdiction over armed‑forces personnel. Sánchez criticized the current congressional majority and the influence of Keiko Fujimori, describing the alliance as “an important block of democratic resistance” and saying, “Peru needs to repeal the pro‑crimen laws.”