It was not a minor oversight or an unsubstantiated rumor. It was the candidates themselves who left direct evidence of what they did.
Some believed they were Santa Claus: they put on the red hat, gave gifts to children and, in the process, sought to garner votes among parents.
Others turned to third parties to do the same or even distribute money.
They photographed and videotaped themselves, and disseminated this material on their social networks—Facebook, Instagram and TikTok—while they distributed handouts in the middle of the election campaign.
What was presented as proselytizing propaganda and media ‘figuretism’ today could become evidence against him.
The evidence is within the reach of any political adversary or an outraged citizen who decides to file an objection – if the deadline allows – or request his definitive exclusion from the electoral race.
ADVANCE THE COUNTRY: GIFTS WITH LOGO
The candidate for deputy for La Libertad of Avanza País, lawyer Raquel Coronado, known on social networks as ‘Rachell’ Coronado, is one of the candidates who has most enthusiastically promoted the gifts she distributed in her region during December.
THEY DO NOT PROVIDE. Gifts with logo: Raquel Coronado distributed panettone and liquor with her name and number.
According to the material disseminated on his Internet accounts, the panettones and bottles of liquor that he distributed were delivered with packaging that included his logo, his face and No. 2, the number with which he is running.
He also distributed toys to children.
On her Facebook account “Rachell deputy”, the candidate published a post, dated December 30, in which she broadcasts a video that corroborates the delivery of those gifts during a Christmas event.
In communication with Perú21, Coronado indicated that all of his activities were carried out “before December 23,” and that after that date he did not deliver any more gifts.
WE CAN: MONEY AND FOOD FOR VOTES
However, Coronado was not the only one who exhibited generosity for votes. Jose Lunapresidential candidate of We can Peru, He again appeared linked to a prohibited activity.
On his social networks he published that, at Christmas midnight on December 24, he participated in a dinner on a hill in San Juan de Lurigancho, where panettone, chocolate, turkey and pig were distributed to the neighbors. The event was on a soccer field, with his slogan on the walls: “José Luna PRESIDENT.”
José Luna’s Christmas dinner in San Juan de Lurigancho.
The video announcer pointed out in voiceover that the residents had invited Luna for a social work that he carried out months ago. However, the question remains as to whether the neighbors really paid for the dinner, which served more than 50 people.
From Podemos they indicated to Peru21 which was “an invitation” from a human settlement in SJL, the district where Luna lived.
In parallel, Cecilia Garciacandidate for vice presidency and Senate for the same party, appears in photos near gift boxes in Nuevo Chimbote, in a post from her Facebook account on December 25, in which she also shows propaganda from the politician Betto Barrionuevo (who is not a candidate).
CECILIA GARCIA. Podemos candidate also gave gifts.
Congressman and Senate candidate of that match, Edgar Tellopublished similar activities on his social networks, in the middle of panettones with his face and name.
GIFT. Edgar Tello, from Podemos, also gave panettones.
Peru21 detected a post from his Facebook account on December 29 where he is seen wearing a Santa Claus hat accompanied by two people carrying two panettones with propaganda for his candidacy.
In the same context, a video on TikTok from ‘Yes We Can Youth’, dated December 19, shows young people giving S/200 to a woman to cook with them, with polo shirts that say “Pepe Luna M.”
MONEY. Podemos from ‘Pepe’ Luna delivered S/200 on his behalf.
Podemos clarified that it is not propaganda from the candidate José ‘Pepe’ Luna, but from his son Pepe Luna Morales, although the video generates confusion.
Regarding García, Podemos specified that his gift-giving activity was on December 20. And about Tello, which was from an earlier date. He also specified that both were not candidates on those dates.
WE WILL WIN: BALLS BY CONVENIENCE
In that same month of December, the candidate for deputy for Lima with No. 21 of the Venceremos alliance, the former councilor of the Municipality of Lima Hernán Núñez, published on his Facebook account a post about a Christmas activity dated December 24.
In the images he can be seen giving balls to children who, in turn, have generous pieces of panettone in their hands.
WE WILL WIN. Hernán Núñez delivered balls in Barranco.
From Venceremos, they reported that it was a social event by Núñez in which there was no mention of political propaganda.
FREE PERU: RECRUITMENT WITH TOYS
In three posts on its Facebook account on December 24, this medium identified gift deliveries to children carried out by the congresswoman and Senate candidate for Peru Libre, Kelly Portalatino. The activities were carried out in three popular sectors of Chimbote and Nuevo Chimbote (Áncash): San Diego, Puerto Bello and Buena Vista del Sur.
They did not give any defense from PL.
FREE PERU. Kelly Portalatino promoted her cast in Chimbote.
POPULAR STRENGTH AND POPULAR RENEWAL: GIFTS FOR SUPPORT
In Fuerza Popular (FP) delivery of toys was also recorded. Hugo Garay, candidate for deputy No. 32 for Lima, appears in photos on his Facebook account delivering gifts, dated December 22.
POPULAR FORCE. Hugo Garay also did self-propaganda.
It is striking that in a publication dated the 4th of this month he writes: “In San Juan de Lurigancho, I vote safely,” along with people wearing polo shirts with their name and the logo of their party, posing with Christmas baskets.
Along the same lines, in Renovación Popular, Isabel Rodríguez, leader of Breña (she is not a candidate), published on her Facebook account her distribution of gifts on December 23 and 24, where it can be seen that at least two people were wearing polo shirts with the logo of the presidential candidate Rafael López Aliaga.
From both parties, there were no explanations either.
POPULAR RENEWAL. They wore Rafael López Aliaga polo shirts in distribution.
IN A COUNTRY FOR ALL, POPULAR FREEDOM AND NATIONAL UNITY: ELECTORAL GIFTS
To close this story of handouts, Rubén Tacilla, candidate for deputy for Cajamarca of Libertad Popular, announced on his TikTok account, on December 27, that he will continue bringing toys to children. From that party they reported that they will investigate what happened.
POPULAR FREEDOM. Rubén Tacilla made a show of himself with toys.
In País Para Todos, Julio Rojas, candidate for deputy for Lima, posted on Facebook, on December 28, images in which he appears handing out gifts to children in San Juan de Lurigancho. Rojas told this newspaper that the activity took place on December 22.
COUNTRY FOR EVERYONE. Julio Rojas exhibited his gifts.
To top it off, Francisco Zapata, Senate candidate for Callao of National Unity (UN), self-propaganda on Facebook with photos distributing toys to children, dated December 24. The UN did not respond for that delivery.
NATIONAL UNITY. Francisco Zapata, another gift.
And so the curtain comes down on this electoral chapter, where solidarity does not seem to be free, but in exchange for votes.
I KNEW THAT
-Giving gifts is prohibited. Electoral experts José Naupari and Martín D’Azevedo told Peru21 that regulation No. 0050-2024-JNE prohibits giving gifts, such as gifts and food, if their value exceeds S/16.50 (0.3% of a UIT: S/5,350). They agreed that the rule applies from the deadline for submitting lists of candidates to the JNE, December 23, although D’Azevedo recalled that some parties presented them earlier.
Electoral regulations 2024.
Prohibition on the delivery of gifts.
-“A citizen can present a strike or request for exclusion (in the JEE) if he finds out that a candidate gave gifts,” the electoral expert told Perú21. Martin D’Azevedo.
Electoral expert Martín D’Azevedo.
-“The direct exclusion (of a candidate) occurs if the good delivered exceeds 2 UIT (S/10,700),” the electoral expert explained to this newspaper. Jose Naupari.
Electoral expert José Naupari.
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