Peru Election Board Rejects Candidacies of Two Elected Lawmakers: 'We Made a Mistake'

The central Special Electoral Jury (JEE) in Peru's capital, Lima, has rejected the applications of two individuals from the Renovación Popular party.

Although they were elected and declared as lawmakers, they had applied for candidacy as local council members (regidores) in local elections. The candidates, Leo Miguel De Paz Lancho and Aldo Antonio Bravo…