A total of seven candidates apply to the Mayor of Limathe square with the most voters, in these Regional and Municipal Elections 2022. Next Sunday, October 2, more than 9 million citizens will choose the successor of Michael Romero Sotelocurrent mayor of the capital.
Less than a month before the elections, The Republic makes a review of the resumes of the applicants to the municipal seat of Lima. Who apply? What background do they have? Find out in this note.
Elections 2022: candidates for the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima
1. Omar Chehade Moya (Alliance for Progress)
Omar Chehade Moya, 52, is one of the seven candidates running for the Mayor of Lima. The former congressman and former confidant of Ollanta Humala is presenting himself for the first time in a subnational electoral process with Alianza para el Progreso.
Before, he participated in the 2011 General Elections within the presidential list (second vice-presidency) and the parliamentary list of Gana Perú, which were elected. Similarly, she ran in the 2020 congressional elections with César Acuña’s party, in which he managed to win a seat.
Chehade Moya is a lawyer from the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University, a study center that did not obtain a license from the National Superintendence of Higher University Education (Sunedu). Until before his candidacy, he served as legal advisor in the Andean Parliament, between 2021 and 2022.
Likewise, the APP candidate does not register any sentence, but, according to the Kuskachay platform, he has been investigated by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor since 2017.
Also, in 2011, he was accused of influence peddling for allegedly promoting a meeting between three police generals and their relatives to discuss particular issues, which is why he submitted his resignation to the second vice presidency.
Although Congress dismissed the complaint against Omar Chehade, his brother, who participated in that meeting, was found guilty.
2. Gonzalo Alegría Varona (Together for Peru)
Gonzalo Alegria Varona59, is the Together for Peru candidate for the Municipality of Lima. According to Infogob, it is the fourth time that the leftist candidate has appeared in an electoral process.
In 2010, he tried with the mayor of Lima. The following year he applied to the Andean Parliament with Peru Possible and was elected as the first alternate. Last year he participated in the general elections to get to Congress, without success.
Alegría Varona has dedicated herself almost exclusively to university work, according to her resume. She has been a teacher at the National University of San Marcos, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and the César Vallejos University, among others.
Only between 2020 and 2022 was he in the public sector. He was first general manager of the Peruvian Publishing Services Company, the corporate name of the state media El Peruano and Andina. Later he held the position of municipal manager of San Juan de Lurigancho.
The candidate of Together for Peru He has no judicial record, but he is accused by the Santa Anti-Corruption Prosecutor for bribery.
3. Daniel Urresti Elera (Podemos Peru)
On his second try, Daniel Urresti Elera66, seeks to occupy the municipal seat of Lime. The former Brigadier General of the Army is running with the Podemos Peru party.
The first time he claimed to be the mayor of the capital was in 2018. In that election he was ranked second, behind Jorge Muñoz. He also aspired to the presidency of the Republic last year, but did not get enough votes. The only time he was elected was in the 2020 congressional elections.
Urresti Elera He entered the political spectrum when he was appointed by former President Ollanta Humala as Minister of the Interior in 2014. Before his appointment to this portfolio, he served as an advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. After his passage through the Executive, he was in charge of the Citizen Security Management of the Municipality of Los Olivos (2019).
The Podemos Peru candidate does not register a judicial sentence nor is he investigated for corruption. However, he is accused of having participated in the murder of the journalist Hugo Bustios when he was assigned as head of the S-2 Intelligence Section in Castropampa (Huanta, Ayacucho).
Although the Judiciary has declared the innocence of Daniel Urresti in 2018, the Third Temporary Criminal Chamber for Organized Crime another trial follows for the same case.
4. Rafael López Aliaga Cazorla (Popular Renewal)
Flagging your political party People’s Renewal (former National Solidarity), Rafael Lopez Aliaga Cazorla61, is applying to the Mayor of Lima in these municipal elections. The right-wing businessman participates for the second consecutive year in an electoral process.
Last year he longed to have the presidential sash, but was one position away from going to the second round. Further back, in 2011, he tried to reach Congress, without success. He was only elected alderman of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima in 2006.
the cconservative candidate He is a director of the train company for Machu Picchu Perurail. In addition, he owns 14 companies specialized in the commercial, transportation and hospitality sectors.
Although he has a large patrimony, eight López Aliaga Cazorla companies owe a total of S / 35,533,649 to the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (Sunat). Despite his promise to remedy the debt, so far he has not fulfilled it.
The candidate for the municipal chair does not record a sentence to his credit nor has he been investigated for corruption. However, in 2019 he was arrested for drunk driving.
5. Yuri Castro Romero (Free Peru)
The party that led Pedro Castillo to the presidency of the Republic, Free Peruis now trying to take Yuri César Castro Romero, 43, to the Mayor of Lima.
Since 2018, the pencil candidate seeks to occupy a popularly elected position. In his first adventure, he joined the list of aldermen for the Municipality of Lima, but he did not pass the mark. In 2020 he ran for Congress. He didn’t make it either.
However, in the 2021 General Elections he was presented to the Andean Parliament, with which he was elected, although as second substitute.
Parallel to his political intentions, Castro Romero has been a professor in pre-university academies, according to his resume. Only in 2021 did he provide services to the Ministry of the Environment. He does not have a final sentence nor is he investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office.
6. George Forsyth Sommer (We Are Peru)
George Forsyth Sommer40, is the candidate of Somos Perú for the Mayor of Lima. After his failed attempt to win the presidential elections last year, he now pretends to be the new mayor of the capital, this time with a different shirt.
The candidate of the heart He jumped into the political arena when he was elected as mayoral authority of La Victoria, in 2018, a position he left to run for the 2021 General Elections. He was also elected as alderman of the same commune for the period 2011 to 2014.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences since 2021. According to his affidavit, he manages a food company. He used to be a professional soccer player.
Forsyth Sommer does not record final judgments to his credit. However, the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating him for five crimes of corruption in six open processes: embezzlement, embezzlement, collusion, improper use of the position and corruption of officials, according to the Electoral Surveillance platform.
In addition, fines were imposed for driving while intoxicated, which were paid.
7. Elizabeth León Chinchay (Front of Hope)
Elizabeth Leon Chinchay She is the only candidate running for the Municipality of Lima. At 56 years old, she aspires to the popularly elected position with the Front of Hope party in his first participation in an electoral process.
Graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the National University of Engineering (UNI), the applicant with the broom only has work experience in a single company, EL Asesores y Consultores EIRL, from 2011 to the present year.
It does not record sentences nor has the Public Ministry opened proceedings against it. Instead, she has been ticketed for traffic violations.
Municipal Debate: López Aliaga pointed to Urresti as the murderer of journalist Hugo Bustíos
The confrontation began after the candidate of Peru Libre, Yuri Castro, asked his counterpart from Renovación Popular about one of his proposals to combat crime: “How do you intend to solve zero crime? He talks about bringing investment from abroad. How long is it going to take us and how much money is it going to cost us?”
Lopez Aliaga he replied that it was possible to get $1 billion of foreign investment. However, he quickly changed the subject and took a photo of Hugo Bustíos next to a cover of Caretas that showed Urresti’s face under the title Mayor or murderer?.
Despite the fact that the moderators insisted that the minute granted was to answer the question formulated by Castro, the Popular Renovation candidate continued and pointed out: “I think that Lima does not deserve a mayor prosecuted for murder, this is an answer for you.” .
Yuri Castro insisted on the question about how many years the US$ 1,000 million would be paid. Lopez Aliaga He briefly responded to the questioning indicating that he will use promotional cups so that the interest on that loan is not high and then Bustíos returned to the subject: “This man was shot to death and then he was blown up. I cry with the Bustíos family in Huanta. Who was the head of intelligence at the time? The gentleman here on the right”.
Updated by Emely Matos.
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