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Peru President, ministers meet with OAS observers

19:00 | Lima, Jan. 27.

The President of the Republic Martin Vizcarra, Prime Minister Vicente Zeballos, and Foreign Affairs Minister Gustavo Meza-Cuadra met with the Organization of American States' Electoral Observation Mission on Monday.

OAS officials provided details of the preliminary report of the mission deployed to Peru for the 2020 extraordinary parliamentary elections held last Sunday.

The meeting took place at the Government Palace in Lima.

2020 Parliamentary Elections

24,799,384 Peruvian citizens were eligible to participate in the process to elect the 130 legislators who will serve the remaining period of the 2016-2021 legislative tenure, following the constitutional dissolution of Congress.

Out of the total eligible voters, 23,825,154 live in Peru and 974,239 reside abroad, of which 650,010 are in the Americas, 281,640 in Europa, 36,288 in Asia, 5,980 in Oceania, and 321 in Africa.

The extraordinary parliamentary elections see 21 political parties partake in the process.

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Published: 1/27/2020