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30-600: In the 2006 general election , Popular Action and We Are Peru formed the Center Front ( Frente del Centro ) while Toledo's party Possible Peru contested separately. In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 14.8% of the popular vote and 21 of 130 seats, making them the third largest force in Congress. In the elections for the five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament, they won 14.8% of

60-477: A paramilitary group that operated during García's presidency; promised not to receive his salary if he got elected, but only his payments as a retired Lieutenant Colonel; proposed the formation of a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the Constitution on the basis of its 1979 version; and suggested the possibility of reopening a penitentiary, where corrupt government officials and "ex-presidents" would be sent, in

90-740: A decisive victory, despite his much greater political experience. [1] [2] Opinion polls in Metropolitan Lima and Callao gave García a clear victory over Humala, though these were anti-Humala strongholds throughout the campaign. [3] [4] [5] A debate between the technical teams of both candidates was held on May 28 in the Museum of the Nation. Union for Peru obtained 45 out of 120 seats in Congress, more than any other party, but still shy of an absolute majority, despite victories in 16 of 25 Electoral Districts. The Peruvian Aprista Party got

120-426: A small Peruvian flag on his podium before his first intervention, in order to have equitative images for both contenders. The candidate refused, saying that the national symbol was nothing to be ashamed about and arguing that the debate arrangements did not forbid using it, leading the moderator to withdraw the flag himself. The Union for Peru candidate attacked García's position on a bilateral free trade agreement with

150-499: A strict adherence to the Ten Commandments and the decentralization of populated cities by forming agrarian communities. The party and its main religious organization AEMINPU have been described as having syncretic and socialist traits in economic matters, while being heavily conservative on social matters. They list their ideology as the following: The party calls for the elimination of extreme poverty through

180-536: A tacit attack at García. García called Humala a "demagogue" for promising to lower fuel prices by 30 percent; reminded his opponent of his earnings as a military attaché in France and South Korea ; called on Humala for asking García to clarify whether he would free Montesinos or not, saying that such decision would concern the Judiciary branch anyway and that pretending to take such powers would be undemocratic, "in

210-537: The Group of Fifty , FREPAP is "a party based on a messianic cult". According to Peruvian anthropologist Carlos Ráez Suárez, FREPAP saw success in the 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election due to its logistics, its policy proposals for rural supporters and as a protest vote for urban voters. Anthropology professor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru , María Eugenia Ulfe, stated that

240-585: The 21 representatives elected on the Possible Peru Alliance's lists has formed the Parliamentary Alliance ( Spanish : Alianza Parlamentaria ) group in Congress. Carlos Bruce , who had been expelled from Possible Peru for publicly criticizing the party's coalition with Peru Wins, has joined the small oppositional, APRA -dominated group Parliamentary Coordination . In June 2012, the 5 members of Popular Action resigned from

270-573: The Future, obtained 602,869 votes, the highest individual voting nationwide (though it should be taken into account that she ran in Lima, the Electoral District with, by far, the largest electorate). She was followed by Carlos Bruce of Possible Peru, a former Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, with 193,374. The most voted candidate of the party with the most votes presides over

300-729: The Possible Peru bench, due to Possible Peru support for the official candidate for the presidency of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, when the popular member Víctor Andrés was proposed for the same position. Garcia Belaunde. In such circumstances and in response to the request of their party bases, the Political Committee and the National Executive Committee of Popular Action decided that their party should constitute its own bench. In this way,

330-579: The President of Acción Popular, Dr. Javier Alva Orlandini , authorized the congressmen of his party to initiate coordination with independent congressmen in order to carry out said decision. After that, in early June 2013, Cecilia Tait, along with Wuilian Monterola, Marco Falconí, Norman Lewis and Mariano Portugal, resigned from Peru Posible due to various discrepancies with that party. 2006 Peruvian general election Alejandro Toledo Possible Peru Alan García APRA Supreme Court of

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360-720: The Republic President Javier Arévalo Vela  [ es ] General elections were held in Peru in on 9 April 2006 to elect the President , two Vice-Presidents, 120 members of Congress and five members of the Andean Parliament for the 2006–2011 period. As the no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 4 June between the top two candidates, Ollanta Humala and Alan García . Garcia won

390-517: The Republic of Peru , which was held by Javier Noriega Febres. Noriega was later accused of being the head of a hitmen group by the government of Alberto Fujimori . The party was elected into two seats during the 2000 general election . The two seats, which were for Luis Cáceres Velásquez and his son Roger Cáceres Pérez, characters who joined the ranks of Fujimorism ( Peru 2000 ) after receiving money from Presidential Advisor and Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos . Ataucusi died in 2000 and

420-462: The United States as "ambiguous"; said that Vladimiro Montesinos would evidently vote for his opponent (since the former intelligence chief had recently claimed that Humala's uprising in 2001 had been staged as a distraction for his escape from the country); reminded the audience of a tape showing Montesinos bribing former Peruvian Aprista Party Secretary-General Agustín Mantilla ; alluded to

450-765: The breakdown of candidates by Electoral District. Votes by 457,891 Peruvians residing abroad were counted in the Lima Electoral District (the number of voters in the table includes them). A total of 21 parties nominated 15 candidates for the Andean Parliament each, for a total of 315 candidates. 73 candidates were rejected by the National Jury of Elections, leaving 242 candidates from 19 parties. Participating parties include all those with Congressional candidates, except And It's Called Peru, Decentralization Coalition, Democratic Force, FREPAP and Let's Make Progress Peru. The only official presidential debate

480-797: The coalition. Agricultural People%27s Front of Peru The Agricultural People's Front of Peru ( Spanish : Frente Popular Agrícola del Perú ; FREPAP ) is an agrarian political party in Peru , founded in 1989 by Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal . The party had 42,083 members in 2020. Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal created the Evangelical Association of the Israelite Mission of the New Universal Covenant ( Asociación Evangélica de la Misión Israelita del Nuevo Pacto Universal or AEMINPU) in 1968, with The Guardian stating, "The messianic sect behind

510-487: The environment, FREPAP calls for the use of renewable energy and the protection of Peru's biodiversity. FREPAP believes that the Peruvian government needs to focus on transparency, accountability and preventing corruption, and has advocated in favor of repealing parliamentary immunity. FREPAP's parent organization has been recognized as a cult by some media commentators and scholars. According to Francisco Toro of

540-522: The minimum 4% of valid votes nationwide for Congress representation. The strongholds for the three main parties were essentially the same as in the presidential election: the southern Andes for Union for Peru, the northern-central coast for the Peruvian Aprista Party, and Lima (plus voters abroad, which counted as part of this Electoral District) for National Unity. Former President Alberto Fujimori 's daughter Keiko , of Alliance for

570-524: The most votes in six Districts and took 36 seats. National Unity obtained 17 seats and a local victory in Lima; Alliance for the Future took 13 seats and won in Pasco; Center Front got 5 seats; ruling party Possible Peru only got 2, after being the stronger party in the 2001-2006 period; and National Restoration took the remaining 2 seats, as well as most votes in Madre de Dios . The latter two obtained barely above

600-418: The new Peruvian Democratic Party on 26 June. [29] Center Front, Possible Peru and National Restoration agreed to formally create a joint group in Congress with their 9 members, under the name of the first party. [30] This new group was the only one without representation in the multi-partisan Directive Board of the new Congress, led by the Peruvian Aprista Party's Mercedes Cabanillas as president. Only

630-528: The party was founded in 1968 by Ezequiel Ataucusi, a self-styled spiritual leader who called himself the 'Christ of the west'". Followers of the movement regard Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal as a prophet and "the reincarnation of the Holy Spirit ". The Agricultural People's Front of Peru party was officially founded by Ataucusi on 30 September 1989. In 1995, the party received one seat in the Congress of

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660-428: The popular vote and one representative: Javier Reátegui . Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo won 15.6% of the votes, placing him fourth and failed to qualify for the run-off. The Possible Peru Alliance has formed a majority coalition in Congress with Peru Wins , the left-wing Nationalists -dominated alliance of Ollanta Humala . Therefore, Toledo suggested to vote for Humala in the run-off on 5 June. Twenty of

690-411: The preparatory board for the installation of the new Congress. However, this corresponded to Carlos Torres Caro , Union for Peru's candidate for Second Vice-President, who, along with Gustavo Espinoza and Rocío González resigned from the party following the second round, arguing that Humala's approach to their role as an opposition party was too violent. The three incoming Members of Congress presented

720-400: The promotion of agricultural industry and decentralization , which they believe will improve socioeconomic standards. For macroeconomic policies , FREPAP believes tourism should be secondary to agriculture and that science and technology should be promoted to develop human capital in order to replace Peru's commodity-driven economy, strengthening the competitiveness of the nation. Regarding

750-632: The run-off with 52.63% to Humala's 47.37%. He was subsequently inaugurated on 28 July 2006, Peruvian Independence Day. The 120 members of Congress were elected from 25 constituencies based on the 24 departments and the Constitutional Province of Callao ). The number of seats in Congress for each district was determined by its number of eligible voters. A political party need to win a minimum of five seats in two electoral districts or 4% of nationwide valid votes in order to be represented in Congress. A minimum of 4% of nationwide valid votes

780-419: The style of (Hugo) Chávez"; indirectly pointed to Humala's support of his brother Antauro's 2005 rebellion, leading to the death of four policemen; and promised to enforce the payment of extra hours, stop arbitrary employment terminations and change some aspects of pension systems. The media and political analysts described the debate mostly as "boring" and centered on personal attacks, with García not delivering

810-471: The three main parties obtained representation in the Andean Parliament, with Union for Peru and the Peruvian Aprista Party obtaining 2 seats (plus 4 substitutes) each, and National Unity getting one seat (and two substitutes). Union for Peru got the most votes, with 24.0% of the valid ballots. Congressman Rafael Rey of National Unity obtained the most individual votes, with 611,638, after which he announced his own and his party National Renewal 's departure from

840-558: Was held on May 21, 2006 between Ollanta Humala and Alan García, with journalist Augusto Álvarez Rodrich as moderator, in the National Museum of Archaeology. There were no debates before the first round. Humala arrived late, so García started the debate on his own, claiming that his opponent had "stopped at a bar for a sandwich" and accusing him of having "no respect for the country". Humala accused Aprista supporters of delaying his arrival. Álvarez Rodrich asked Humala to remove

870-707: Was necessary for a party to win seats in the Andean Parliament. * Ticket officially registered under MNI, which enjoyed previous registration as a political party, but nominated by Broad Left Front ( Frente Amplio de Izquierda ). 24 parties presented up to 130 candidates to Congress each, for a total of 2,918 candidates. 331 of these were rejected by the National Jury of Elections, leaving 2,587 candidates. These represent all parties with presidential candidates, plus Possible Peru, Independent Moralizing Front, Project Country, and Agricultural People's Front of Peru ( Frente Popular Agrícola del Perú , FREPAP). Sí Cumple did not register any candidates. The table below shows

900-445: Was placed in a glass coffin, with followers expecting his resurrection. Since the death of Ataucusi, the party experienced internal conflict. In the 2000s, the party won minor district and regional elections. The party lost its legal registration in 2010 and regained it in 2015. In the 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election , the party received multiple seats in the Congress for the first time in nearly two decades. FREPAP calls for

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