There is far more scrutiny on the regional and municipal elections than is customary. The government of President Ollanta Humala was compelled to launch investigations into the running of regional governments in the wake of the March 2014 murder of a candidate for president in the northern region of Áncash, Ezequiel Nolasco, which led to the arrest of the incumbent president, César Álvarez Aguilar, on suspicion of involvement, and the subsequent revelation of a plethora of regional corruption scandals.
Of the 345 candidates barred from standing by the JNE, 80 carry convictions for failing to fulfil child maintenance commitments, 41 for embezzlement, 20 for falsifying documents, and 16 for aggravated theft. The region with the highest number of competing candidates carrying convictions is Áncash with 40.
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