Tribunal elections will exacerbate Peru powers clash

Significance

Peru’s TC plays a key role in interpreting the constitution and resolving constitutional clashes. The outgoing body has been seen as increasingly politicised; there are dangers that the new one will suffer a similar fate.

Impacts

• Far-right parties will seek to tilt the TC further in their favour.
• The politicisation of the TC threatens to turn it into an arena of dispute and discord.
• Despite presidential promises to rewrite the constitution, the current one is likely to remain in force.