US EditionPeru's 'Porky', mayor of Lima, quits to run for president
Lopez Aliaga is the only candidate with double-digit support at 10% as Peru faces political instability after former President Boluarte's removal.
- Rafael Lopez Aliaga, mayor of Lima, will resign on Monday to run for president, fulfilling the six-month prior resignation requirement before the April 12 election.
- All Peruvian officials must resign six months before elections, and candidates have until December 23 to register for the April 12 vote under Peruvian electoral law.
- Lopez Aliaga told Panamericana Television `I will resign tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. `, then signed his resignation before the Lima city council to run for president.
- His resignation positions him as the race's first declared candidate, and Rafael Lopez Aliaga is the only contender polling in double digits with 10% support according to Ipsos.
- With three former presidents behind bars, the election unfolds amid deep uncertainty as 39% undecided Peruvian voters face political turmoil after Dina Boluarte, former president, was removed.
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Chief leader of the far right party Popular Renovation, Rafael Lopez Aliaga is led in the polls by his firm speech and radical measures against organized crime.
Lima's ultraconservative mayor, Rafael López Aliaga, who calls himself Porky, resigned on Monday to run for president in Peru's April 12 election.
Peru's 'Porky', mayor of Lima, quits to run for president
The mayor of Peru's capital, Rafael Lopez Aliaga resigned on Monday from his post to become the first presidential contender in April's election, as the country navigates a fresh political crisis following an abrupt change of government.
Susel Paredes, during the interview on RPP TV. Source: RPP Congresswoman Susel Paredes, of the People's Democratic Bloc, harshly criticized the leader of Popular Renewal, Rafael López Aliaga, who officially resigned from his post of mayor of Lima to run for President of the Republic in the general elections of 2026. "Yesterday has made a false accountability which, in my opinion, has been a big launch of his candidacy," she said in an interview…
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