Popular Renewal
Renovación Popular
AbbreviationRP
PresidentRafael López Aliaga
Secretary-GeneralGustavo Pacheco
FounderRafael López Aliaga
Founded7 October 2020 (2020-10-07)
Preceded byNational Solidarity
HeadquartersCalle Costa Rica N° 157 – Jesús María, Lima
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
Colours  Sky blue
Congress
9 / 130
Governorships
0 / 25
Regional Councillors
2 / 274
Province Mayorships
2 / 196
District Mayorships
36 / 1,678
Party flag
Website
renovacionpopular.pe

Popular Renewal (Spanish: Renovación Popular, RP) is a Peruvian conservative political party. Founded in 2020, the party is the successor of the former National Solidarity Party founded and led by former Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio. Following its poor results at the 2020 snap parliamentary election, leader Rafael López Aliaga announced the party's re-foundation under the Popular Renewal.[3]

History

As Rafael López Aliaga was elected in mid-2019 as Secretary General of National Solidarity following Luis Castañeda's resignation due to the pretrial detention on the Odebrecht scandal in Peru, the party shifted to a Christian conservative ideology and support for the current constitution of 1993. At the 2020 parliamentary election, National Solidarity received 1.5% of the popular vote, placing nineteenth out of twenty-one participating lists, thus failing to attain representation.[4] Following its poor results in the election, the party underwent a formal reconstruction.[5] During this period, Rafael López Aliaga formally announced his candidacy for the presidency in the 2021 general election, stating that he intended to gather all possible support from the country's conservative circles.[6]

Under this new platform, López Aliaga announced the dissolution of National Solidarity, effectively re-founding the party under the name Popular Renewal, in October 2020.[7] Assuming the position of party president, he stated that the party is "re-founded with principles of solidarity and anchored in God, Christ."[8]

The party's name-change was officially recognized in December 2020.[9] Simultaneously, López Aliaga was formally declared the party's presidential nominee for the 2021 general election, alongside Neldy Mendoza, chair of the Family and Life Institute, and Jorge Montoya, former Joint Command Chief, as his first and second running mates.[10] López Aliaga affirmed that there will be no alliances with other political parties for those elections,[11] he also announced that the proposals they give will be based on five axes: health, work, security, education and anti-corruption.[12]

On Election Day, Lopez Aliaga placed third in an atomized race of 18 candidates, while in the congressional election, the party gained 13 seats being the third most voted party and the fifth largest force in Congress.

Ideology and position

Popular Renewal holds onto a conservative platform, mainly based in opposition to abortion, LGBT rights, and "gender ideology".[13] It has been described as holding a far-right or fascist political position.[14] Its members in the Congress of Peru have been described as being part of a "far-right" bloc allied with Go on Country and Popular Force.[15] Internationally, the party has aligned with far-right groups, with Peruvian investigative journalism website OjoPúblico writing in an article discussing far-right alliances in the Americas that members of the far-right Spanish political party Vox travelled to Peru to obtain signatures for the anti-leftist manifesto known as the Madrid Charter, with Popular Renewal, along with the parties Go on Country of Hernando de Soto and Popular Force of Keiko Fujimori, signing the document.[16][17][18]

López Aliaga also opposed the secret effective collaboration agreement with the Odebrecht company, considering it a "harmful issue" for the Peruvian government.[19] He has also been against controversial businessmen such as José Graña and Jorge Barata.[20]

Electoral history

Presidential

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes  % Votes  %
2021 Rafael López Aliaga 1,692,279 11.75 Lost Red XN

Congress of the Republic of Peru

Election Leader Votes  % Congress +/– Rank Government
2021 Rafael López Aliaga 1,199,705 9.33
13 / 130
 Increase 13[lower-alpha 1] Increase 5th[lower-alpha 1] Minority
  1. 1 2 Compared to PSN results in 2020

References

  1. ↑ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2020-01-16). "Solidaridad Nacional: la derecha radical se pone a prueba en el Perú | Rafael López Aliaga| Donald Trump | Jair Bolsonaro | Elecciones 2020 | | ELECCIONES-2020". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  2. ↑ Fowks, Jacqueline (2021-04-01). "Las propuestas xenófobas marcan el último debate presidencial en Perú". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  3. ↑ Caretas, Política (7 October 2020). "Solidaridad Nacional ahora es Renovación Popular: cambio lo anunció Rafael López Aliaga". caretas.pe.
  4. ↑ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Flash boca de urna: Apra y Solidaridad Nacional no tendrían congresistas". andina.pe.
  5. ↑ Opinión, Lucidez (20 August 2020). "Anuncian plan de reestructuración de Solidaridad Nacional". lucidez.pe.
  6. ↑ Noticias, RPP (12 January 2020). "Rafael López Aliaga anuncia su candidatura a la Presidencia por Solidaridad Nacional". rpp.pe.
  7. ↑ PERÚ, Diario El Comercio (2 October 2020). "Elecciones 2021: Rafael López Aliaga ya tiene a sus precandidatos para la plancha presidencial y el Congreso". elcomercio.pe.
  8. ↑ PERÚ, Diario La República (7 October 2020). "Solidaridad Nacional cambia de nombre a Renovación Popular". larepublica.pe.
  9. ↑ Diario Gestión, Redacción (12 December 2020). "JNE aprobó cambio de denominación y símbolo de Renovación Popular, ex Solidaridad Nacional". gestion.pe.
  10. ↑ UCI, Redacción. "Rafael López Aliaga encabeza plancha presidencial de Renovación Popular". uci.pe.
  11. ↑ GESTIÓN, NOTICIAS (2020-09-29). "Solidaridad Nacional | Elecciones 2021: Solidaridad Nacional cambia de nombre y Rafael López será su precandidato | PERU". Gestión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  12. ↑ LR, Redacción (2020-10-07). "Solidaridad Nacional cambia de nombre a Renovación Popular". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  13. ↑ Noticias, RPP (12 January 2020). "Rafael López Aliaga anuncia su candidatura a la Presidencia por Solidaridad Nacional". rpp.pe.
  14. ↑  • "Elecciones en Perú: la ultraderecha se queda con Lima". Radio France Internationale. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023. La capital del Perú será gobernada por la ultraderecha. En un final voto a voto, el acaudalado empresario del partido fascista Renovación Popular
  15. ↑  • "Peru's Castillo will struggle to stay in office". Oxford Analytica. Emerald Expert Briefings. oxan–db (oxan–db). 11 August 2022. doi:10.1108/OXAN-DB272027. The far-right parties in Congress -- Renovacion Popular (Popular Renewal) and Avanza Pais (Forward Country)
  16. ↑ Teruggi, Marco (20 October 2021). "La derecha dura española descubrió América | El grupo Vox busca crear una internacional en la "iberoesfera"". Página 12. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  17. ↑ "Poderes no santos: alianzas de ultraderecha en Latinoamérica". OjoPúblico (in Spanish). 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  18. ↑ Cabral, Ernesto (2021-01-12). "Militares en retiro con discursos extremistas se vinculan a políticos para apoyar la vacancia". OjoPúblico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  19. ↑ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2021-03-05). "Rafael López Aliaga: "Toda la doctrina de género, evidentemente va a ser exterminada" | Renovación Popular | Elecciones 2021 | ENTREVISTA | | ELECCIONES-2021". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  20. ↑ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2021-03-05). "Rafael López Aliaga: "Toda la doctrina de género, evidentemente va a ser exterminada" | Renovación Popular | Elecciones 2021 | ENTREVISTA | | ELECCIONES-2021". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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