The congresswoman from Cambio Democrático – Together for Peru, Susel Paredesstated that he sees an agreement between his political party as favorable, People Firstand Ahora Nación, an organization that seeks to launch the rector of the National University of Engineering (UNI), Alfonso López Chau.
“I would like to get closer to Now Nation, where there is a leader, who is a very respectable person. I would love for us to have an alliance with them. What I want is for there to be internal elections between all the democratic parties and all of us who want to aspire to the presidential seat, like myself, and whoever wins, we will all support,” he said in dialogue with Infobae Perú.
Regarding the union with The Fair, He stated that there are coincidences with some of the objectives of this group. “There is Alberto De Belaunde, I am updating his bills. My entire human rights programmatic agenda is exactly the same as that of Alberto De Belaunde. I am happy that he is integrated. Rather, we will affirm the rights of the community LGTBIQ+ within the party,” he said.
Regarding the differences that you may have with other members of The Fair who may have a more conservative vision, stated that it remains to be seen “who we are more within the parties.”
“I have participated in several and when preparing the program, decisions are made, voting is done, it is discussed and there is a majority position, which is what causes certain topics to be put up. For example, in the Purple Party there was equal marriage, the gender identity law, so I will fight in the Commission so that these rights are included,” he said.
On the other hand, Paredes asserted that the presence of Miguel del Castilloson of the APRA leader Jorge Del Castillo, will not affect the aspirations of Primero La Gente. “The majority of us are social democrats, social Christians, there are people from the center-left, from the center-right,” he indicated.
Regarding the complaints about non-compliance with remuneration in a company in Del Castillo, he assured that this seems “reprehensible, but that is what the company has to do with and it has to pay its workers.”
Likewise, he explained that although the businessman is part of the National Executive Committee (CEN), “there are many more of us, he is one more person. “He and I are equal.”
Alfonso López Chauconfirmed his presidential candidacy for the party Now Nation and assured that his group has already formed 80 committees with 31 thousand members. The rector of the UNI stated in the program Al Filo de The mule that, given the current situation in Peru, he considers it a “moral obligation” to get involved in politics.
The origin of Ahora Nación dates back to the repression in the anti-government protests at the end of 2022 and beginning of 2023, which left a balance of fifty victims.
During these mobilizations, the National University of Engineering offered shelter to students from various regions who traveled to the capital to demonstrate against President Dina Boluarte and Congress.
López Chau indicated that he will begin activities as a candidate for Now Nation and will seek to add to a broader front. Groups like Together for Peru (JPP) they have confirmed conversations; However, he ruled out any alliance with Antauro Humala.
According to a recent survey of CPIthe Economist Hernando de Soto leads the electoral preferences with 2.4% of voting intention, followed by Antauro Humala with 1.9%, Rafael Lopez Aliaga with 1.8%, and Keiko Fujimori with 1.6%.
Other candidates in the poll include Martin Vizcarra, Pedro Castillo, Salvador del Solar, Alberto Fujimori, Carlos Añaños, Roberto Chiabra and his own Alfonso López Chau. However, 83.7% of people have not yet decided on their vote, and the majority indicate that they will not support any of the aforementioned candidates.
