The former minister and candidate for Podemos Peru, Daniel Urrestimaintained that there is currently —as the latest surveys indicate— a “technical tie for first place” between him and Rafael Lopez Aliaga, leader of Popular Renewal. For this reason, he warned that other candidates will come out to attack him. to try to “get into the fight” for the municipal chair.
“All the latest polls that are coming out only have 500 people surveyed and a margin of error of 5%, so you have to see them that way. If they take out a poll in which they put Mr. López Aliaga and me between first and second, that means that we are both on top. You have to see the +/-5 (margin of error) from the third down. That means that they are not entering the fight. The fight —according to the surveys— is between Mr. López Aliaga and the person who is speaking to them, General Urresti”, declared to the press.
López Aliaga accuses Daniel Urresti of being the “government candidate”
The last May 9, Rafael Lopez Aliaga referred to the issue of the 2022 Regional and Municipal Elections which will take place in October this year. In this sense, he pointed out that Daniel Urresti he is the “Government candidate”, in an attempt to discredit the campaign of the former Minister of the Interior during the administration of Ollanta Humala.
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“This preference of Free Peru for Mr. Urresti is evident because the entire ONPE machinery is going to go in favor of this gentleman. That’s why he doesn’t attack. Urresti is the government’s candidate and I can tell you that. He never touches on the subject of corruption. For Urresti, Mr. Castillo is a holy dove”, López Aliaga told Canal N.
In response, Daniel Urresti remarked that is “the candidate of the Sunat” and will propose that they pay what they owe to the State, referring to the businessman: “He is wrong (López Aliaga). I am, please, answer him for me, I am the Sunat candidate and one of the things I am going to propose is that all those who owe Sunat pay him, “he added.
