The virtual regional governor of Arequipa, Rohel Sanchez Sanchezwould not obtain a majority in the Arequipa Regional Council (CRA) for the period 2023-2027. Of the 14 seats that exist in the plenary session, he only won for six. While Arequipa, Tradition and Future (ATF) got 3, Arequipa Avancemos got 4 seats and Fuerza Arequipeña 1.
Among those chosen is Marleny Bibiana Arminta Valencia for Yo Arequipa, businesswoman and manager of Inversiones Plus EIRL Another designated by the same group is Miguel Ángel Linares Riveros, lawyer and owner of the Notary Linares Riveros. While Fernando Cornejo Pacheco, son of the founder of the Arequipa Avancemos movement, Benigno Cornejo Valencia, got another place. At the time, the taking over of relatives in the group was questioned.
The agricultural engineer has been an employee of the company Inversiones El Sillar SAC since 2019 and a farmer to date. Complete the list of advisers for Arequipa César Huamantuma Alarcón. The sociologist was a specialist in conflict resolution in the Regional Government of Arequipa between 2011 and 2018.
For the third consecutive period, in the province of Camaná, a woman councilor was elected. This time the position will fall to Norma Alejandra Ortega Valdivia, a lawyer who has worked in the Ombudsman’s Office since 2019. In Caylloma, its provincial councilor Osias Ortiz Ibáñez will join the ranks of the regional plenary session. From Fuerza Arequipeña they would complete their representatives in that province with Yesenia Choquehuanca Cruz.
In La Unión, Arequipa Avancemos took the two seats. The surgeon doctor Gregorio Ale Cruz and the farmer Nila Roncalla Camarga will be their representatives. For Islay, Juan Carlos Huanca Morelo, an independent lawyer, was chosen.
Things are almost defined in the Provincial Council of Arequipa. Unlike the CRA, Víctor Hugo Rivera has the majority of aldermen as stipulated. According to the electoral rules, the winning list is awarded half plus one of the council positions. Rivera’s group, Together for the Development of Arequipa (JDA), obtains 9 councilors.
The deputy mayor will be Ruccy Oscco Polar, who would be the brother of Hermes Oscco Polar who ran for mayor of Cerro Colorado. She does not have higher education according to her resume and has been dedicated to fruit growing since 2001. Rocío Mango Chipaña, secretary of the Regional Management of Agriculture, also reached the position. While Michael Arce Ale will continue as authority, since from 2021 he replaces Pedro Quispe sentenced to 4 years in prison suspended.
Rohel Sánchez will not have a majority in the Regional Council of Arequipa
Two regidurías win Yo Arequipa
Yo Arequipa almost gave the surprise in the provincial elections of Arequipa. The regional movement will place two aldermen, they are the lawyer José Raúl Suárez Llerena and the teacher Patricia Hidalgo Mamani de Gallegos. While Arequipa Avancemos, Arequipa, Tradición y Futuro, Arequipa Transformación and Fuerza Arequipeña, would place only their first candidate councillor.
The peculiar case is that of Ingrid Natty Carpio Pérez who was once again elected by the province of Arequipa. She represents the group Arequipa Avancemos.
