{"id":59559,"date":"2020-01-23T15:33:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59559"},"modified":"2020-01-23T15:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:33:55","slug":"2020-elections-peru-oas-sign-deal-to-guarantee-work-of-observers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59559","title":{"rendered":"2020 Elections: Peru, OAS sign deal to guarantee work of observers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/portal.andina.pe\/EDPfotografia3\/Thumbnail\/2020\/01\/22\/000647026W.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMA, Jan 23 (NNN-ANDINA) &#8212; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.jne.gob.pe\/portal\" target=\"_blank\">The National Election Board (JNE)<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oas.org\/en\/about\/general_secretariat.asp\" target=\"_blank\"> Organization of American States<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday signed a procedural agreement in order to guarantee the work of the OAS observer mission for the parliamentary elections scheduled for Jan 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement will ensure the free movement of OAS specialists on Peruvian territory, as well as their access to all areas used by electoral bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, observers will be given access to voting centers before, during, and after election day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JNE is committed to put in place the necessary arrangements so that the mission can access all public information regarding the organization, conduct, and supervision of elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For its part, OAS mission must be neutral, impartial, and independent in all matters in the fulfillment of its purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, observers shall inform the maximum electoral body about the irregularities, complaints, and objections concerning the electoral matters that they may observe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement was signed by JNE Chairman Victor Ticona and OAS Electoral Observation Mission Chief Observer Eladio Loizaga during a ceremony held at the electoral body headquarters in Lima.<br><br>As is known,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andina.pe\/ingles\/noticia-peru-president-announces-dissolution-of-congress-768263.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the Executive Branch constitutionally dissolved Congress on Sept 30\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andina.pe\/ingles\/noticia-peru-executive-branch-calls-legislative-elections-for-jan-26-2020-768362.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">called for parliamentary elections to be held on Jan 26, 2020<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andina.pe\/ingles\/noticia-parliamentary-elections-24799384-peruvians-eligible-to-vote-in-january-774279.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">A total 24,799,384 Peruvian citizens are eligible to participate in the upcoming elections<\/a>\u00a0both in their home country and from abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new 130 legislators will serve the remaining period of the 2016-2021 legislative tenure, following the dissolution of Congress. &#8212; NNN-ANDINA<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIMA, Jan 23 (NNN-ANDINA) &#8212; The National Election Board (JNE)\u00a0and the\u00a0 Organization of American States\u00a0on Wednesday signed a procedural agreement in order to guarantee the work of the OAS observer mission for the parliamentary elections scheduled for Jan 26. The agreement will ensure the free movement of OAS specialists on Peruvian territory, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59559"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}