Neither his repeated public appearances, in which he continues without declaring to the press, nor the announcement of populist measures, such as the increase in the minimum wage to S/1,130 – which, rather than helping workers, harms them and mainly affects Mypes for the increase in labor costs that can even lead to layoffs—have managed to reverse citizen disapproval of the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte.
The latest survey of Ipsoscarried out at the national level between January 9 and 10, reveals that the president’s approval rose just one point, from 4% in December to 5%. Disapproval of his management, meanwhile, also increased by one point, from 91% to 92%.
The same percentage of approval for Boluarte, 5%, is shared by the president of the Council of Ministers, Gustavo Adrianzén, whose disapproval, however, has risen in the last month no less than six points, from 73% to 79%. Something similar happens with the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, who despite his inaction in the fight against citizen insecurity, continues to be supported by the president, who just the day before described him as an “excellent Minister of the Interior.”
Citizens, however, do not share the presidential criteria. 78% disapprove of Santiváñez’s performance as head of the Mininter—four points more than in December. His approval, meanwhile, reaches 6%.
The survey, carried out among 1,214 people from urban and rural areas of the country, also listens to citizen feelings about the holder of the Congress of the RepublicEduardo Salhuana, who in recent days has been in the spotlight, not only for the scandal over the alleged existence of a prostitution network in Parliament, but also for his trip to China, despite that event and the implementation of a tax investigation in this regard. In this context, disapproval of his management has risen seven points in the last month, from 71% in December to 78% in January; His approval remains stable at 7%.
Powers of the State under magnifying glass
The study carried out by Ipsos, which has a margin of error of ±2.8%, also evaluates the management of the different powers of the State. Thus, although the head of Parliament has 78% disapproval, the Legislative Branch is not doing better. 88% of citizens disapprove of the performance of an institution where low salaries are on the rise, there is a new case of a congressman reported for sexual rape, allegations of corruption by Dina Boluarte’s government are passed under warm water and regulations are approved in favor of crime.
Something similar happens with the Judiciary, which this month launched a new head, Janet Tello. Said power of the State registers 76% disapproval compared to 16% support.
Those surveyed by Ipsos also spoke about the management of the mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga. The controversial mayor reaches 60% disapproval, four points more than the previous month; His approval, meanwhile, has dropped from 35% to 33%.
Political increase
Guillermo Loli, director of Opinion Studies at Ipsos, commented in Peru21TV that there has been no major change in the levels of citizen acceptance of Boluarte despite the distracting act she had when trying to discredit the pollsters and announce the increase in the minimum wage “because the vast majority of the population is informal and perhaps that is why they do not have the repercussion that she surely expected,” he noted.
He added that “the inability demonstrated day after day in various ministries, the fact of not reversing citizen insecurity with a very important element with a serious policy” influences their levels of disapproval, “but she is also already adding her share of personality, “This vanity of believing that it is as if in a parallel reality is a style that people are also rejecting.” “I believe that the trend will continue, it is already at very high levels of disapproval, I do not think it will reverse it, that is regrettable and worrying,” he emphasized.
For Paola Herrera, senior economist at the Peruvian Institute of Economics, the results of the survey once again corroborate the political purpose that has been given to the increases in the Minimum Living Remuneration (RMV). He added that history shows that 13 of the last 15 increases have coincided with periods of low presidential approval and elections, and indicated that, according to an IPE study, only 1% of workers benefit from said policy because the The majority work informally, so an increase in the RMV does not affect them.
He argued that the Boluarte government has not taken into account that those most affected by this policy are SMEs and young people and highlighted that it has generated an increase in youth unemployment and the fence towards formality has widened.
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