In Peru, the investigation into the alleged crimes is not carried out by the prosecution office but by Congress itself, even though the proceedings provide procedural guarantees (see above). Congress may suspend the member of JNE from office during the investigation, at its discretion. It is legitimate to demand that persons having committed a crime should not hold public office, especially higher positions. Criminal liability has to apply to everyone, including judges and EMB members. It is in the public interest that persons under criminal investigation should not fulfil the role of a judge or EMB member. The possibility to suspend the person from office during the criminal proceedings is thus in accordance with international standards. However, this mechanism should be used impartially, either as an automatic consequence of the initiation of the criminal proceedings or based on a decision of the court or prosecutor, not of a politically charged body such as a parliament, or in this case, the Congress. It is true that in Peru the final decision to remove a member of JNE from office is ultimately made by the Supreme Court, and the rehabilitation is then automatic, but the procedure may last several months. In case the ante juicio proceedings are initiated before the start of the electoral processes, the suspension of the JNE member may last well beyond the election results are promulgated; thus, the suspension, even though temporary in nature, may cause the member not to take part in the decision-making during the elections. Nothing in the law prohibits such proceedings to be following each other in a manner that the Congress in fact suspends the appointed person from office until the end of his or her term of office, even if the Supreme Court ultimately decides to dismiss the case brought before it (which has often happened, according to the information provided to the Commission). The publicity of the proceedings in Congress risks harming the reputation of the member if the JNE, which a final acquittal cannot fully repair.