Ricardo Pablo Belmont Cassinelli, presidential candidate for the Obras civic movement, arrived in the region Fist within the framework of his tour through the south in view of the next general elections in 2026. He settled in the city of Juliaca, whose residents, weeks ago, kicked out his opponent Phillip Butters. Both maintain old rivalries.
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The former mayor of Lima during two periods (1990-1995), in dialogue with The Republicdid not hesitate to comment on at least two of his competitors.
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He argued that “Fujimorism has been a virus” for the country and said that what those who represent this party do is defend the current economic model, established in the dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori through the 1993 Constitution.
“Dictators stay a long time and brainwash three or four generations,” he said, recalling an old phrase of his: “Dictatorships last longer when they leave. Ten years of Fujimorism, thirty years of backwardness.” He coined this last phrase several years ago during an interview with Rosa Maria Palacios.
He believes that those who vote for Fujimorism “do not think” and do not have a critical sense and considered that, since this political group came to power, “the country began to be poisoned. (…) Fujimorism buys wills. They want to liquidate those who do not sell themselves.”
Phillip Butters reaped what he sowed
The self-proclaimed leader of the Spartans could not help but also speak out about the rejection of Phillip Butters in Juliaca, the first week of October.
“He sows winds and reaps storms” and “he created violent language through television,” he said. He added that Butters earned “the title of terruqueador.”
Belmont, also spoke about the disqualification of Martin Vizcarrathe departure of Antauro Humala from the electoral race, and the sentence against Guillermo Bermejo and what will be the imminent disqualification of Pedro Castillo.
“Justice is handled by political power. Political power has gotten involved in everything. So there is no longer independence of powers. Peru has always been complicated and now it is more complicated. And every day it will be more complicated if we do not change the model,” he alleged.
“Trvko’s death was a murder”
He could not stop pronouncing the murder of Eduardo Ruiz ‘Trvko’victim of a bullet during the protests on October 15 by non-commissioned officer Luis Magallanes.
“Nowhere in the world does a police officer kill someone unarmed from a distance. It was a murder and that’s it,” he remarked.
The candidate for the presidential seat was received by several delegations from his party that arrived from different cities. They did not boo him in the streets, because he did not support the repression against the protesters who marched against Dina Boluarte.
At a rally in Plaza Zarumilla, a minute of silence was held for all those killed during the 2023 mobilizations. “We are a party of hugs and not bullets,” he said.
