US EditionPeruvian presidential candidates to get bulletproof vests after gun attacks
The National Jury of Elections aims to prevent risks amid rising violence, noting 50 violent events in 2021 and expanding protection to election staff as well.
- Roberto Burneo, president of Peru's National Jury of Elections, said on Dec 3 that bulletproof vests will be provided to presidential candidates and election staff ahead of April 12 elections.
- A spate of attacks on politicians included shots fired at Rafael Belaunde in Lima, prompting him to return gunfire, and the fatal shooting of Percy Ipanaque in northern Peru on Friday.
- Some 39 parties or political coalitions are expected to put forward candidates by December 23, up from 18 in 2021, as the electoral race remains fragmented and unpredictable.
- Burneo asked the government to expedite electoral security protocols following the attack on Belaunde, and President Jose Jeri decreed a state of emergency shortly after taking office to curb insecurity.
- Peru's turbulent recent politics have seen seven presidents in as many years, with several former leaders behind bars, prompting Roberto Burneo to say `No effort should be spared, even if it means going to the extreme of using bulletproof vests.
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Peru's electoral authority is providing bulletproof vests to presidential candidates ahead of the April election, following a series of attacks on politicians. Roberto Burneo, the head of Peru's electoral authority, fears that the upcoming April elections will be even more violent than the 2021 campaign, when around 50 violent incidents were recorded. He stressed that the aim is to "prevent and identify risks". "Every effort must be made, even i…
The National Elections Jury requested the Executive to advance the security protocols for presidential pre-candidates and the staff of the electoral system, following the recent attacks against political figures. Its president, Roberto Burneo, recalled that the names of the candidates were already defined in the internal elections, so he considers it urgent to apply the measures envisaged.Burneo explained in a press conference that the acts of v…
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As the presidential campaign begins in Peru, the electoral authority plans to provide bulletproof vests for its officials and candidates,
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