Four days before the official end of the electoral campaign, the candidates for the Presidency They began a race against time in different regions to gain votes and position their final messages before the electorate. The applicants held rallies, caravans, tours and interviews.
According to the electoral schedule, the 35 candidates are allowed to carry out proselytizing acts until Thursday, April 9 at 11:59 pm. From that moment on, the prohibition of all public political activity will come into effect, a period known as “electoral silence”, intended for citizens to reflect on their vote.
In this context, the main figures in the race have chosen to close their campaigns, prioritizing regions where they seek to gain ground.
The Fuerza Popular candidate, Keiko Fujimoritraveled to the San Martín region as part of his final tour. In his activities, he openly appealed to the legacy of his father, the late former president Alberto Fujimori, in a speech focused on public works and security.
“I know that all this affection also comes from the memory of the gratitude they have for Alberto Fujimori, who brought us peace, who made the tracks, who built the schools,” he noted during one of his interventions.
The candidate offered to resume and expand projects associated with that management. He promised to “remodel the three thousand schools that ‘El Chino’ built” and build two thousand additional schools. He also proposed the construction of an airport in the region.
Fujimori plans to close his campaign this Thursday in the Villa El Salvador district, in Lima.
Meanwhile, the Country for All candidate, Carlos Álvarez, carried out activities in Cajamarca. According to his team, he will go to Sullana, in Piura, on Wednesday, April 8, and will later return to Lima, where he will close his campaign in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho.
The Popular Renewal candidate, Rafael Lopez Aliagamoved to Piura, where he participated in proselytizing activities. During the day he also held interviews with different media.
His presence in Piura occurs days after incidents in Apurímac, where he was attacked during a rally, to which he responded with insults. On that occasion, a group of attendees threw eggs at him, which generated an angry reaction from the candidate.
Last Sunday, in an interview with Andahuaylino journalist Marino Ambía, López Aliaga blamed his political adversaries for what happened.
“Unfortunately, a group of people from the Now Nation party, from Mr. López Chau…, and Roberto Sánchez, from a party called Together for Employment, those people have that method. It would be very easy for me to do the same. I could buy a farm of laying hens and wait for them wherever they go, but no,” he stated.
The candidate plans to close his campaign on Thursday in the Jesús María district, in Lima.
For its part, Jorge Nieto (Good Government Party) carried out a caravan in Cusco accompanied by its candidate for the first vice presidency, the teacher and activist Susana Matute.
During the day, Nieto spread a message on his social networks in which he called on his followers to remain firm in the face of what he considers political attacks.
“We must persist, we must resist, we must go on the offensive. I told them that they would invent all possible lies to see if in this way they damage the trust that we have built between us,” he expressed.
His agenda includes a visit to Abancay, in Apurímac, this Monday, as part of his tour of the south of the country. The candidate would close his campaign in Lima on Thursday.
The candidate of Together for Peru, Roberto Sanchezwas also in Piura, where he carried out activities within the framework of what he called the “Castillista route.” In that city, he held a press conference with the ethnocacerista Antauro Humala, his political ally.
His campaign closing would take place in Plaza Dos de Mayo, in Lima, a symbolic place for political mobilizations and rallies.
The candidate Alfonso López Chau (Now Nation) concentrated its activities in the Puno region, where it led rallies in towns such as Ayaviri, Azángaro and Ilave.
In parallel, their Congressional candidates for Lima organized a caravan that toured different parts of the capital, from Lima North to Lima South.
López Chau plans to close his campaign in Cercado de Lima, although further details about the event have not yet been specified.
In Lima, the Primero La Gente candidate, Marisol Pérez Tellowas in the Huanta human settlement, in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, where he collected citizen demands and presented his proposals.
During a meeting with neighbors, the candidate appealed to a direct speech about the need to access political power to execute changes.
“I am now asking for your votes because I need the power to do what needs to be done. I am going to accompany you the same, win or lose, only without power there is nothing left but to accompany you and make you visible,” he assured.
The candidate Cesar Acuna (Alliance for Progress) held a rally in Arequipa as part of its final tour.
As planned, the candidate will conclude his campaign activities this Thursday in La Libertad, where his party maintains a strong institutional presence.
Meanwhile, the candidate Ricardo Belmont (Partido Cívico Obras) gave interviews to different media outlets last Sunday, his campaign team reported in a brief dialogue with El Comercio. A day before, on Saturday, April 4, he was in Ica, where he gave a press conference.
“We have come to bring a message of hope, of truth, of sincerity to the Peruvian people,” he said in Ica.
The Belmont team assured that it will close its campaign this Tuesday in Plaza San Martín, in Lima.
The final stretch of the campaign is already underway.
