Podemos Perú

We Can Peru Podemos Perú
Abbreviation	PP
President	José Luna Gálvez
Secretary-General	José Luna Morales [es]
Founded	1 October 2018
Split from	National Solidarity Peruvian Nationalist Party
Ideology	Conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism
Political position	Centre-right[1] to right-wing[2]
Colors	Blue, orange
Seats in Congress	13 / 130
Governorships	0 / 25
Regional Councillors	6 / 274
Province Mayorships	1 / 196
District Mayorships	39 / 1,874
Website
podemosperu.pe
Politics of Peru Political parties Elections

Podemos por el Progreso del Perú (English: We Can for the Progress of Peru), more often known by its shortened name Podemos Perú (English: We Can Peru, PP), is a conservative political party in Peru. Founded in 2018 by economist and former congressman José Luna Gálvez. For the 2021 general election, Daniel Urresti was nominated by the party for the Presidency. In the election, Urresti placed 9th with 5.6% of the vote. While in the congressional election, the party won five seats, mainly from Lima, Callao and Ica.

Most voted political parties in the congressional snap elections of 2020, the Podemos Perú obtained the plurality of votes in Lima

History

The legal officer of the National Office of Electoral Processes, Susana Guerrero, was discharged from the party for irregularities concerning the creation and registration of the party.^[3] In face of the crisis, Daniel Urresti, then candidate for Mayor of Lima, took over the leadership of the party.^[4]

2020 snap parliamentary elections

For the 2020 snap parliamentary election, José Luna Gálvez announced that he would temporarily resign from the leadership of Podemos Perú, after being investigated in the case that surrounded former Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda to avoid "hurting the party".^[5] Luna, also owner of the Telesup University, said that he did not participate in the elections either "so as not to damage the party."^[6] However, his son José Luna Morales did. The party won 11 seats in the Congressional elections in which, eight of them are coming from Lima. The party also received the most votes in Lima.

2021 general elections

For the 2021 general election, Urresti was nominated by the party for the Presidency. However, on 4 February 2021, he was disqualified from the race, but he was reinstated in the race by the National Jury of Elections on 18 February.^[7][8] In the election, Urresti placed 9th with 5.6% of the vote. While in the congressional election, the party won five seats, mainly from Lima, Callao and Ica.

Electoral history

Presidential election

Year	Candidate		Party	Votes	Percentage	Outcome
2021	Daniel Urresti		Podemos Perú	791,272	5.61	9th

Elections to the Congress of the Republic of Peru

Year	Votes	%	Seats	/	Position
2020	1 240 716	8.38%	11 / 130	11	Minority
2021	750,238	5.83%	5 / 130	6	Minority

See also

• List of political parties in Peru

References

1. "Concluyen elecciones en Perú para renovar su Congreso". La Verdad (in Spanish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
2. "Peru opposition suffers crushing blow in legislative elections". France 24. Agence France-Presse. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
   - Furlong, Sebastián; Cybel, Yair; Pascual, Sergio (26 January 2020). "Informe preelectoral de las legislativas en Perú 2020". Nueva Tribuna (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
   - "Elecciones en Perú: el fujimorismo perdió la hegemonía en el fragmentado nuevo Congreso". Infobae (in Spanish). Agence France-Presse. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
   - Miñán, Whitney (27 January 2020). "La agenda económica de las nuevas bancadas del Congreso". Gestión (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "Exigen se anule inscripción de Podemos Perú por firmas falsas". La Republica (in Spanish). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
4. "Daniel Urresti sobre firmas falsas: "Esto es normal en todos los partidos"". La Republica (in Spanish). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
5. "José Luna se aparta temporalmente de Podemos Perú". La Republica (in Spanish). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
6. LR, Redacción (2019-10-18). "Caso Luis Castañeda: José Luna Gálvez se aparta temporalmente de Podemos Perú por investigación | Odebrecht | OAS | Fiscalía". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
7. Garay, Shirley (2021-02-04). "Elecciones 2021 | JEE declara fundada tacha contra candidatura de Daniel Urresti a la Presidencia". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-11.
8. RPP Noticias, Redacción (February 18, 2021). "Elecciones 2021: JNE revoca tacha contra la candidatura de Daniel Urresti a la Presidencia". rpp.pe. Retrieved February 19, 2021.