JNE calls for new authorities in Celendín after suspending the mayor

The National Jury of Elections (JNE) summoned José Deyvis Rodríguez Arteaga to provisionally assume the mayoralty of the District Municipality of Miguel Iglesias, in the province of Celendín, department of Cajamarca, and Faustino Novoa Hernández as a council member of the same council, while the legal situation of the suspended mayor Santos Alejandro Delgado Díaz is resolved. The measure is contained in Resolution No. 4516-2026-JNE, corresponding to File No. JNE.2026248214, published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, in the Legal Norms section, page 57.

A suspension based on criminal proceedings

The Plenary of the JNE verified that the mayor’s suspension was processed in accordance with numeral 3 of article 25 of Law No. 27972, the Organic Law of Municipalities, which provides for suspension from office for the duration of the detention order. According to the resolution, the file dates back to the writing of July 30, 2026, with which council member Rodríguez Arteaga formalized the declaration of suspension and requested the corresponding credential.

The documentation supporting the decision includes:

• Notification dated March 31, 2026, to the mayor’s residence, summoning him to an extraordinary session for April 6 of that year.
• Council Agreement No. 02-2026, dated April 6, 2026, which approves the suspension for the duration of the detention.
• Mayoral Resolution No. 50-2026/MDMI-A, dated May 14, 2026, which declares the aforementioned agreement as final.
• Resolution No. 4, dated March 31, 2026, which ordered preventive detention for nine (9) months in File No. 00964-2026-1-0601-JR-PE-07.
• Resolution No. 6, dated May 25, 2026, and Resolution No. 03, dated September 11, 2026, which confirmed the measure and declared the request for cessation of preventive detention unfounded.

This documentation was submitted by the Superior Court of Justice of Cajamarca via Official Letter No. 00998-2026-P-CSJCA/PJ, dated October 5, 2026. The JNE emphasized that the verification of this cause for suspension is objective in nature and that its verification does not require an additional pronouncement from the council.

The summoned and their credentials

The ruling resolved to provisionally void the credential granted to Santos Alejandro Delgado Díaz as mayor, and to summon the following authorities:

• José Deyvis Rodríguez Arteaga, identified with DNI No. 63338078, first eligible council member, to provisionally assume the district mayoralty, with the credential authorizing him as such.
• Faustino Novoa Hernández, identified with DNI No. 48389364, non-proclaimed candidate of the political organization National Political Party Perú Libre, to complete the number of council members of the district council.

Both calls are carried out in accordance with the General Act of Proclamation of Computation Results and Elected Municipal District Authorities of the district of Miguel Iglesias, dated November 11, 2022, issued by the Special Electoral Jury of Cajamarca on the occasion of the 2022 Regional and Municipal Elections.

Notification via electronic mailbox

Article 4 of the resolution specifies that the rulings of the JNE will be notified in accordance with the Regulations for the notification of rulings and jurisdictional actions, approved by Resolution No. 0830-2025-JNE, published on January 4, 2026, in the Official Gazette El Peruano. The ruling bears the signatures of magistrates Burneo Bermejo, Maisch Molina, Gonzáles Barrón, Torres Cortez, and Oyarce Yuzzelli, countersigned by the general secretary Clavijo Chipoco.

It should be noted that the district council of Miguel Iglesias registered another ruling from the JNE this year: Resolution No. 1367-2026-JNE, dated June 16, 2026, which confirmed the council agreement that rejected a vacancy request against councilman Rodríguez Arteaga himself for unjustified absence from sessions.

Impact on municipal leadership

The call guarantees the continuity of municipal management in Miguel Iglesias while the criminal situation of the suspended mayor is defined, and confirms that the suspension due to a detention order is executed automatically within the electoral jurisdiction. The change in leadership also affects the composition of the council, which is completed with a non-proclaimed candidate from Perú Libre, and forces the district to reorganize its administrative acts with provisional authorities.

Source: Official Gazette El Peruano, No. 20.6xx, November 11, 2026, Legal Norms section, p. 57 (official reference: Resolution No. 4516-2026-JNE, Case File No. JNE.2026248214).