Phillip Butters today plays another game. Who started on television as a sports commentator, enters the field of active politics. Stubborn, stubborn, for many, a despotic and spoiled man; and, for others, a breath of fresh air for the Peruvian conservative right. The communicator wants to apply for the presidency of Peru. He already found the vehicle: Country progress. The match that in 2021 took Hernando de Soto to occupy fourth place in the elections now sees in the radio and television commentator to the necessary figure to reach the presidential chair.
Butters He has already started his campaign. Images show it sharing with people in different cities outside the capital. Likewise, the first pints have appeared on walls with the motto: “Phillip Butters presidente“. The candidate himself, when he appears before whom he writes these lines by WhatsApp, uses a sticker of himself raising his thumb, next to the logo of Country progress And a phrase at the foot: “The train advances.” Phillip Butters He wants to be president. The question, then, is inevitable: What does the controversial presenter offer?
Campaign on the way: Phillip Butters already is accompanied by supporting country supporters in different parts of the capital and Peru.
“Politically, I place myself in the center -right, as Country progress. I believe in a modern, efficient and agile state. That is not elephantia as we have, “says Butters to this medium. His slogan is clear: to get to power, he wants to reduce the size of the Executive powerDonald Trump’s same proposal in the United States or Javier Milei in Argentina.
“I don’t think we require 19 ministries with 19 ministers and 19 general secretaries. There are a series of ministries that must be merged, such as the Women’s Ministry or the Amidst; They should be one. I don’t think there should be a Ministry of Culturefor that is, very well carried out – the Institute of Culture. He Ministry of Environment Nor has it given results, I think it has also been a mistake. It would be necessary to see the possibility of merging ministries such as Ministry of Foreign and of Production (…) “, continues. A proposal that is already discussed in the current parliamentary government.
Butters He does not agree with same -sex marriage – although he does not oppose the Civil Union– either does the abortion nor the legalization of cannabis or any synthetic drug. Economically, it has positioned itself in favor of the Market Social Economy and of Popular capitalism.
To Pavel Aguilarprofessor of political sociology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), the commentator butters and the candidate butters have shown significant differences. While the first maintains a rhetoric related to figures such as Javier Milei o Donald Trumpthe second has tried to clarify his speech to connect with voters of center -right, which range between conservatism and the new forms of contemporary liberalism. His slogan – says Aguilar – would be to become the popular hero of the Peruvian right.
“In his new candidate’s facet, Butters It is a liberal bet with conservative dyes that seeks to offer an updated reading of electoral demands. Its moderate openness with respect to the civil union between same-sex people, its positioning in the ‘center-right’ and its recent rhetoric on a reductionist modernization of the State locate it rather in a spectrum of Liberal right. However, its absolute rejection of equal marriage, the abortion and the call ‘Gender Ideology’ It also brings it to the conservative field and a large audience that shares those values. Butters tries to offer a realistic reading of Peruvian politics. We still do not know, however, if appealing to Popular capitalism Oa the new average classes will be enough, or if we will witness new rhetorical turns, “the sociologist said for this medium.
Avanza País: an earthquake called Phillip Butters
Butters It has been included in the Padrón de Avanza country militants since June 2024. Aldo Borreropresident of the party, he considered that his incorporation has been a positive point: “I think Phillip (Butters) has the necessary attributes for such work, so in Country progress We are working with him to change the political class and face the challenges of tomorrow with the corresponding responsibility. (…) He approached the game after a series of meetings that I had with him, in which we found many points in common, “he told this medium.
Another of the figures of Country progress who highlighted the approach with Butters He was the congressman Alejandro Caverocurrent vice president of Congress: “(…) I see with good eyes that Phillip Butters Being a presidency candidate, he is a rather tenacious journalist. Peru, at this time, needs strong leadership to move forward the thick and complex problems it has. Peru cannot continue five more years in autopilot, it needs strong leaderships and a lot of political capacity and will to solve the background problems of Peru. I see with great sympathy to Phillip Butters“He said.
But not all voices of Country progress They have been satisfied with the journalist’s candidacy. Edward Málagaex -militant of the party, confessed that his resignation to the group’s group was motivated by the communicator’s application: “I renounced a country in December 2024. For electoral reasons, basically, because I did not agree with the candidacy shown at that time and because going with a flat congresswood would be to go with a candidacy with which I do not agree: Phillip Butters. (…) I feel that it has been an improvised candidacy, which has stored under four keys, and it has not been clear to me what its country vision, its plans, its ideology. (…) There was no agreement between the party and the bench to inform this. (…) It was an discomfort, I communicated with the game when I found out by the media, I did not seem correct to find out when one has already “climbed into the horse” (…), “he said.
The full report will be published in the edition of this May 4. This note will be updated early on the aforementioned date.
