“All possibilities are welcome,” replies the congressman of Podemos Peru, Edgar Tellowhen The Republic He asks if he will apply for the presidency in the General elections of 2026.
In December of last year, this newspaper identified in its state of WhatsApp various photographs of congressman activities for Christmas and New Year. In one of them, he delivered food boxes that carried the phrase “Edgar Tello President 2026 ”.
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Last month, on a tour of the Panamericana Sur, it was also possible to capture the pints that its application is launching. When this newspaper insists whether he will officially launch his candidacy, Tello says: “Everything that is possible to citizen exercise.”
The president of We can Peru, José Luna GálvezDoes you agree with your application? Tello replied: “That’s why they have invited me.” But then he added: “It will depend on the bases.”
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Edgar Tello, from Cerronista to José Luna Gálvez’s bench
Tello entered this Congress with Free Peru. In the 2017 magisterial strike led by the former president Pedro CastilloIt was the second in command. In Parliament, after he moved away from Cerronismo, he joined the banking block bench.
The projection was that the Teachers Sector – congressmen who supported Castillo formed his own political group with the National Federation of Education Workers of Peru (Fenate Peru).
But after the failed attempt with a castle coup d’etat and the fall of his government, that block dispersed. In the middle of last year, Tello reached the ranks of We can Peruparty that leads his colleague José Luna Gálvez.
In parallel, Podemos Peru also sheltered a sector on the left: the Citizen Movement for Democracymade up of the excandidate perulibrist to Congress, Raúl Noblecilla; the former Minister of the Interior, Luis Barranzuela; and Roger Nájar.
Although Tello opens the doors to being presidential, for Noblecilla the letter is another. “The first thing is that, from our position, with the position that Mr. Luna Manfiesta daily, that momentum of fighting the abuses, paints us and shows us his potential candidacy. We believe it is emerging as the best, ”he said.
Noblecilla stressed that the party has not yet chosen any candidate.
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It is uncertain how Tello would apply for the presidency. While it is a member of the Podemos Peru bench, it is not a militant of any political group, a basic requirement to participate in a presidential formula.
The Podemos Peru bench last year presented a bill so that the presidential plates can include a designated (guest) candidate, according to the statutes of each party.
The Statute of Podemos Peru says that the guest applicants are defined by the founder of the party, in this case José Luna Gálvez. This newspaper sought to interview the congressman, but at the close of this note he did not respond.
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They will apply for Congress in elections 2026
“The decision to go to the Senate is pragmatic. And today more than ever with what authoritarianism shows us is that the Congress He still has the power, ”said Noblecilla.
The militant of the Citizen Movement for Democracy will candidate the Senate.
Nájar and Barranzuela, added Noblecilla, will apply to be deputies.
As is known, in the general elections of 2026 a bicameral congress will be elected: there will be Chamber of Deputies and Chamber of Senators.
Mochasuelo Case: Edgar Tello investigated
The potential presidential candidate of Podemos Peru, Edgar Tello, is investigated for alleged salary cut. The Prosecutor’s Office filed a constitutional complaint against him for the Mochasuelo case. However, to date the subcommission of constitutional accusations of Congress does not approve that accusation.
