A wave of pifias accompanied the announcement of the Congressman María Agüero at the ceremony for the 485 anniversary of Arequipa, at the Municipal Theater. It was not the first time: months ago it was also booed in a school in the region. The case is not isolated, in recent weeks, rejection samples towards members of the Congress They have increased in different parts of the country.
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The expressions of discontent coincide with the surveys. The last published by the Peruvian Studies Institute indicates that only the 3% of the population approves Congress, a very small figure that nevertheless exceeds 2.5% to Dina Boluarte. For the political analyst Fernando Tuestaacts and figures are in line with questionable acts of politicians.
“This is associated with a growing development of feelings against Congress, by people and I would say more in Lima, where congressmen are rejected and have the same treatment as the president of the Republic,” observes the political analyst, remembering that the president has also received public complaints repeatedly, even in his Speech by Patrias Fiestas. “Together, I think it is a package of authorities that cause the repulsion of the citizen,” he adds.
Citizens against congressmen
The day when María Agüeroof the Peru Libre party, was criticized at the Arequipa Theater, its staff prevented him from ruling before the press and protected it to promptly leave the event. Why did you receive that reaction? Shortly before, the parliamentarian had questioned the actions of the armed forces in the Limitrophe conflict with Colombia and expressed his support for Colombian president Gustavo Petro. In addition, last year, he said in an interview with ’24 hours: ‘I do not feel Arequipeña’, which led her to be declared a person not pleasant by the District Municipality of Yanahuara.
Another recently disdained parliamentary is José Jeríof Somos Peru. He was pifiad and booed while leaving the Monterrico Racecourse, on July 29, three days after being chosen President of Congress. His obtaining the position has been widely criticized for the tax investigations he faces. The best known, for violation that occurred in December 2024, was recently filed. The other two are for alleged illicit enrichment and for disobedience to authority, related to the breach of a court order to process a mandatory psychological treatment.
The congressman José Williams Zapatamilitant of Country progress And former president of Congress, he was also booed and insulted in a sporting event, at the beginning of this year. The parliamentarian attended the inauguration of the Pomata 2025 Cup, invited by the District Mayor. He tried to raise the Peruvian flag, but he got rid of El Asta and fell to the ground. Then, the attendees shouted grievances, they told him that “Peru does not want it” and that “it should return to Lima,” as you heard in YouTube videos on YouTube.
Public grievances against congressmen also happened on numerous occasions last year. In December, the congressman Alejandro Cavero He was removed from the Museum of Art of Lima (Mali) with shouts of “Outside shit!”, which went viral in social networks. In August, Patricia Chirinos She was expelled from Barranco’s night, where in addition to verbal aggressions, they threw a glass.
Sustained disapproval
“I would say that this has been accentuated in the last decade, increasingly increasingly. The 2016 Congress, the short congress of 2020 and this Congress I think is the one that has most concentrated the rejection of the citizen,” says Tuesta. Social networks help expand the scope of acts. The political scientist warns that with the dissemination “people observe how politicians reject and from different regions they do the same.”
“Being a congressman in Peru is not a position that can give a dose of prestige and respect. In recent years, what we have are low quality congressmen when they are not committed to questionable or corruption acts,” he says. The affronts reflect the low legitimacy of the Congress. “If this rejection was not beating, it would not happen from an individual fact,” says Tuesta.
The next elections to choose congressmen will be held together with the general elections in April 2026. In this process, 190 parliamentarians will be chosen in a bicameral system, which was restored in 2024 after Congress approved a constitutional reform. Now, in the electoral process, 190 parliamentarians will be chosen, with 60 senators and 130 deputies who will fulfill a five -year mandate.
