Political patronage? A recent investigation of Public eye He revealed that at least 32 affiliates Popular renewal They work in the Municipality of Lima or in entities linked to the local government of the capital. As is known, the celestial party is led by Rafael López Aliagacurrent mayor of Lima. The finding is striking due to the repeated statements of the Burgomaster, who on more than one occasion has criticized its opponents accusing them of “infesting the municipality of Lima with people from political parties.”
The journalistic report said that 19 militants of Popular renewal They were hired after the arrival of López Aliaga To the Mayor’s Office. Of these, 15 were already appearing as affiliates to the celestial party at the time of being incorporated, while four later registered. In addition, after reviewing municipal companies and decentralized organs of the Lima commune, it was detected that 13 members of the party occupy senior management positions in these institutions.
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Also, nine of the 32 militants identified by Public eye They have a history of electoral participation, as they were candidates for mayors or regidurías in the regional and municipal elections of 2022.
The investigation also found three former officials linked to the management of Luis Castañeda Lossio – National Solidarity Founder, a group that later became called Popular renewal-, as well as five people who contributed economically to that party.
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Brother of Juan Luis Cipriani among the popular renewal militants with charge in the commune
As reported at the time The Republicamong the militants of Popular renewal With positions in the local government of Lima appears the brother of Juan Luis CiprianiExarzobispo de Lima denounced for sexual violence against a minor. Javier José María Cipriani Thorneaffiliated with the party López Aliaga Since the beginning of 2024, he serves as president of the General Board of Shareholders of the Municipal Real Estate Company of Lima (Emilima).
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The investigation of Public eye He also warns that, between January and April 2023, the former brother of the exarzobispo obtained two service orders with the municipality and one more with the Municipal market company (EMMSA), which in total total S/54,000, according to the Supervisory Agency for State Hiring (OSCE).
According to the records, the first contract corresponded to the “Specialized Service in Administrative Process Management” for S/28,000; the second, to the “Coordination, Monitoring and Administrative Technical Assistance Service” for S/14,000; and the third, again to the “Specialized Service in Administrative Process Management”, for S/12,000.
