Peru’s Congress, controlled by a group of conservative forces led by Fujimorism, votes on a motion to disqualify former left-wing PM Mirtha Vasquez .
Peru’s Congress will evaluate a motion to disqualify former Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez from her Senate candidacy, a step her Now Nation Party (Ahora Nacion, in Spanish) has condemned as “political prosecution” calling Jose Jeri’s administration a “de facto Congressional dictatorship”.
“We denounce that the current Congress, having become an instrument of entrenched powers, has institutionalized a systematic practice of political harassment against various leaders of the democratic opposition. Today it is our colleague Vasquez; tomorrow it will be any dissenting voice”, Now Nation stated in a communiqué.
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Vasquez has publicly stated that she was not formally notified about the inclusion of her case in the Permanent Commission’s agenda and that she learned of the debate through social media.
The former lawmaker further questioned why the case is only being examined now, just as she has announced her candidacy.
“This case has been pending since 2021, and only now is the Commission rushing to review it. I don’t want to speculate, but it is far too coincidental”, she stated.
Desde @Ahora_Nacion, rechazamos la maniobra política del Congreso contra Mirtha Vásquez (@MirtyVas ), basada en una denuncia sin pruebas, que ignora un informe de la @Contraloría que recomendó archivar el caso, y que vulnera el derecho a la defensa.
Quienes impulsan su… pic.twitter.com/6PkUmzI2Pv— Alfonso López-Chau (@LopezChauNava) December 28, 2025
Text reads: “From @Ahora_Nacion we reject the political maneuver of Congress against Mirtha Vasquez (@MirtyVas), based on a complaint without evidence, which ignores a report from the Comptroller’s Office that recommended filing the case, and which violates the right to defense…”
The Case Against Vasquez
The motion document was approved last June by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations with twelve votes in favor and three against. Its conclusions allege that Vasquez could have committed offenses such as irregular salary increases, personnel appointments in the final days of her term, and an alleged failure to comply with biosecurity protocols in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Constitutional Accusation No. 114 argues that some of these administrative decisions may have been made without the required approval of the Legislative Steering Council.
The former legislator maintains that the facts under accusation relate to administrative promotions that were never implemented and were annulled just days later, without any worker having benefited.
Furthermore, she asserts that a report from the Office of the Comptroller General recommended dismissing that part of the case due to insufficient evidence.
En el programa Beo Noticias, expliqué las razones de mi postulación al Senado. Junto a un grupo de mujeres de izquierda decidimos dar la batalla en el próximo #Congreso bicameral. Tenemos una agenda transformadora para enfrentar a esta coalición mafiosa que gobierna el país. 💪🇵🇪 pic.twitter.com/0W9lWGbLyG
— Mirtha Vásquez (@MirtyVas) December 29, 2025
Text reads: “In the Beo Noticias program, I explained the reasons for my candidacy to the Senate. Together with a group of left-wing women we decided to fight the battle in the next bicameral Congress. We have a transformative agenda to confront this mafia coalition that rules the country”.
The attempt to disqualify for ten years the lawyer and defender of Human Rights Mirtha Vasquez Chuquilin seeks to undermine the promotion registered by Now Nation Party, described as “a cowardly and anti-democratic manoeuvre” by its National Executive Committee.
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