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?
Butters has already started his campaign. There are those who do not look at their candidacy on the right, others approve it. Butters is in its essence: the controversy.
“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 power.
“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.
Phillip Butters: What do you think of the precautionary progress country of its rivals on the right?
One of the figures with which Phillip Butters He has been closer on the right is the mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga. Not long ago, the Lima Burgomaese confessed that he had invited Butters to be part of the presidential plate of his party, Popular renewal.
“It is true that Rafael López Aliaga He has offered me, publicly and privately – even in writing and on several occasions – the candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic for his party. (…) He has offered me to be the head of his movement. He used the word “boss”, which I don’t like much; I prefer to talk about leadership. (…) Rafael is a person with a way of being very particular, he has a way of thinking and organizing different from mine. As his relative, I made it clear that the last boss I had was my father, who died when I was 12 years old, and that he has never been or be my boss. We have a very good personal relationship (…) Rafael has his way of acting and thinking, which he respects fully. Thanking the trust he expressed, I decided to decline his proposal and chose to explore the possibility of integrating my country (…), “he said.
The leader of Fujimorismo, Keiko Fujimoriis another of the future Butters rivals. The communicator considers that the panorama he faces is complicated: “Keiko has a series of very serious judicial problems and has been imprisoned three times – uninjustly, in my opinion – but she has to complete her via crucis in the Judicial Branch. (…) I do not agree on how Fujimorism manages, which has become an orange PPC. (…) Certainly, she once suggested being her parliamentary advisor and I made a simple suggestion: she liked me, but I don’t make her father’s mistakes, because offering journalists money we already know how it ended. He also offered me the candidacy of the mayor of Lima, which I also declined (…), “he says.
Carlos Álvarez It is another call to occupy the right -wing Outsider square in these elections. Butters sees a person who faces the electoral process with few certainties: “Carlos Álvarez He is my friend (…) is in the hands of a very murky man like the Lord Vladimir Meza(…) And has very personal problems that you have to solve. I see it very complicated on a personal and political level. I do not know if he is a person who has knowledge of the State and with political relations that allow him to surround himself with people who help him face the elections. On a personal level, I wish you the best, “he emphasizes.
Phillip Butters: An electoral threat to Fujimorism and right?
Butters You will not have an easy choice. The unprecedented voting card with more than 40 games raises a complicated electoral contest for those who aspire to occupy the presidential chair. In that sense, opening space like the sudden outsider of the political right could be an advantage for those who already have an open television signal in their favor. The Professor of Political Science of the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (Ulm), Alonso Cárdenasconsiders that there is a certain degree of randomness in this competition. In addition, he warns that the right of right -wing outsider will be played by other characters that could end up surpassing the communicator.
“The one who is the right outsider will depend on the peculiarities of the Peruvian political system. But in reality, any candidate could be the famous outsider. In addition, this figure has been almost a constant since the 1990s, since Fujimori. But I see that the butters the problem is that its electoral segment is already totally saturated. That is, the right. There you have Carlos Álvarezwhich has a very similar profile: it is also a television figure, linked to the show, a communicator. They are also Hernando de Soto, Keiko Fujimori, Rafael López Aliaga and others. Then, that supersaturation of the political spectrum could play against him, “he said.
In the political game, the “theft” of votes is vital to tempt the pass to the second round. Within that framework, the strategy that the communicator chooses to capture voters from its rivals will be key. Cárdenas considers that this phenomenon responds to an electoral “cannibalization” within the rights, something that will be defined according to the context that occurs during the contest.
“There are no consolidated political parties, everything depends a lot on the juncture, on the political humor of the moment. The votes are ‘swallow’, very volatile, and they depend a lot on the context in which each election occurs. But beyond that, as this sector on the right is so saturated, it is possible that previous scenarios are repeated. That is, among these same candidates the votes are cannibalized. Álvarez It takes away Butters, Butters the Álvarez, HERNANDO A LÓPEZ ALIAGAand so on. Where there could be a differentiation is in the hard nucleus. And the hardest nucleus, worth the redundancy, is the Fujimoriwhich consistently in the last elections has had about 10 %, closely linked to the last name Fujimori. So, there could be some cannibalization within Fujimorismo“He explained.
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