December 23 was the deadline for political parties to register their lists of candidates for the Presidency, Chamber of Deputies and Senators before the National Elections Jury (JNE). With the information already confirmed, a trend was identified in the resumes of several applicants: former military personnel and retired police officers.
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According to data extracted from the resume affidavits in the system Declara+ of the JNEOnly in the presidential candidacies have 4 candidates been identified who were part of the forces of order: José Williams Zapata, general EP (Avanza País – Social Integration Party), Roberto Chiabra León, former general EP (National Unity), Herbert Caller Gutiérrez, commander of the Navy (Patriotic Party of Peru), Wolfgang Grozo Costa, general FAP (Democratic Integrity Political Party).
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The same happens with the vice-presidencies, in which 4 military and PNP candidates were also identified: Félix Murazzo Carrillo, former PNP general (second vice-presidency of the Green Democratic Party), Carlos Caballero León, general FAP (second vice-presidency of the Good Government Party), Daniel Hugo Barragán Coloma, FAP officer (first vice-presidency of the Civic Obras Party) and Carlos Illanes Calderón, colonel FAP (Second vice-presidency of the Perú Primero Political Party).
Candidates for Senators and Deputies with military or PNP history
Doing a quick count, there are 14 political parties that have candidates belonging to the Peruvian National Police (PNP), Navy, Peruvian Army and Peruvian Air Force (FAP).
In the ranks of Fuerza Popular, the former head of the Joint Command, César Astudillo, and the former sailor Carlos Tubino are running for the Senate. For its part, the Sí Creo party (led by Carlos Espá) ensures the presence of retired admiral of the Armed Forces and current congressman Jorge Montoya. The same happens with legislator José Cueto, who is also a retired admiral of the Armed Forces, but is running for the Popular Renewal party.
The Cívico Obras, Unidad Nacional, Somos Perú and Progresemos parties are in the same situation, whose candidates are: Daniel Barragan Coloma, retired FAP captain; Augusto Sánchez Bermúdez, current PNP; José Rodas Terrones, PNP colonel and Edwin Donayre Gotzch, general of the Peruvian Army; respectively, they seek to achieve a seat in the next Congress.
Among the most prominent figures is the former head of the High Complexity Crime Investigation Division (DIVIAC) of the PNP, Harvey Colchado, who is running for the Chamber of Deputies with the Ahora Nación party (led by Alfonso López Chau).
Other controversial candidacies
The lists of the 36 registered parties have revealed a strategy of the parliamentary groups to capture votes through political lineages and figures with a high legal profile, not exempt from questioning.
In the Podemos Peru party, the candidacies of Herminia Chino, mother of the fugitive Betssy Chávez, and congressman Guido Bellido – investigated for alleged terrorist affiliation – were found, who seek to obtain a seat in the Senate.
On the other hand, the presidential clans seek to recover space. Together for Peru is committed to patriarch Isaac Humala, father of former president Ollanta Humala and ethnocacerista Antauro Humala. Meanwhile, the Aprista Party is headed by Carla García, daughter of the late former president Alan García.
Also on the candidate lists are legal figures such as Duberli Rodríguez Tineo, former president of the Supreme Court and who leads the list of Senators for the Venceremos alliance. Likewise, Raul Canelo Rabanal, dean of the Bar Association and who seeks to reach the Senate with Popular Freedom.
The most controversial are those who make up the list of Senators for Alianza Para el Progreso, where we find former ministers of the Government of Dina Boluarte, such as the one censored twice as Minister of the Interior and Justice, Juan José Santiváñez, and the former Minister of Health, César Vásquez, the authority in charge when the use of contaminated physiological serums was revealed.
