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In Peru, the counting of the votes for the regional and municipal elections has been completed. In these elections, the main political parties with national weight collapsed: that of President Pedro Castillo and Fujimorism were left behind, overshadowed by local political formations. And in the Peruvian capital, Lima, Rafael López Aliaga, an ultra-conservative businessman, has triumphed.
Peruvian political life continues to be dominated by “outsiders”. In the municipal and regional elections this weekend, neither President Pedro Castillo’s party nor Fujimorism nor the liberal left have managed to win significantly, observes Fernando Tuesta, a political scientist at the Catholic University of Peru.
“There are 25 regional governments of which only a third have been won by the national parties, the other two thirds remain in the hands of these regional movements, which are not as much as their names might indicate. The parties still do not have the capacity to representatively integrate the vast majority of the country”, estimates Tuesta.
In the Peruvian capital, which concentrates more than a third of the Peruvian electorate, the far-right businessman Rafael López Aliaga won. A member of the ultraconservative organization Opus Dei, an opponent of the right to abortion, Aliaga was a presidential candidate. He caused outrage among other things in 2021 for shouting death to communism and Pedro Castillo during a demonstration.
Nicknamed Porky, Aliaga, 61, is compared to far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
“They have several things in common. In the elections, both shout that if they don’t win, it’s fraud, and that’s what López Aliaga did last year: he was one of the great supporters of the version that there was a fraud despite the lack of evidence,” says Tuesta.
“But there are also differences, Bolsonaro comes from the Armed Forces, therefore he is a president with authoritarian traits. Instead, Rafael López Aliaga comes from the conservative sector of the Catholic Church. He is a businessman who has brought two central themes to the campaign: anti-communism and corruption. In addition, with this inflamed speech he has offered things that he cannot do, such as in the field of citizen security or transportation, to mention only two issues that the municipality does not have among its functions, ”emphasizes the political scientist.
The businessman promised an “investment shock” to promote employment in a capital of 10 million inhabitants, badly hit by the covid-19 pandemic, when thousands lost their jobs.
The new mayor of Lima will take office on January 1, 2023.
