Popular Force

Popular Force
Fuerza Popular
President Keiko Fujimori
Spokesperson Rolando Sousa,
Luis Galarreta,
Daniel Salaverry
Founder Keiko Fujimori
Founded 2010 (2010)
Preceded by Sí Cumple
Headquarters Lima
Ideology Fujimorism[1]
National conservatism[2]
Economic liberalism
Peruvian nationalism
Right-wing populism
Anti-communism
Anti-immigration
Political position Right-wing
International affiliation None
Colours Orange
Seats in the Congress
59 / 130
Website
www.fuerza.pe

Popular Force (Spanish: Fuerza Popular, FP),[3][4] until 2012 called Force 2011 (Spanish: Fuerza 2011),[5] is a right-wing populist Fujimorist[1] political party in Peru. The party is led by Keiko Fujimori, congresswoman and daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori.

Electoral history

2011 elections

In the 2011 election, Popular Force supported the candidacy of Keiko Fujimori for President, Rafael Rey for First and Jaime Yoshiyama for Second Vice President.[6][7] Their ticket won 23.55% of votes in the first round, but was defeated by Ollanta Humala's ticket in the runoff with 48.55%. The party obtained 37 seats in the National Congress[8] and 1 seat in the Andean Parliament.

2016 elections

In the 2016 elections, the party won an absolute majority in Congress (36.3% of votes; 71 out of 130 seats). In the presidential vote however, party leader Keiko Fujimori was defeated again by a small margin, gaining 49.88% in the runoff against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

2018 elections

In the 2018 elections, Popular Force saw a large loss of popularity with the party not being elected into a single position in Lima or in regional governments. Keiko Fujimori also saw an approval rating of 11% while 83% disapprove of her according to Datum.[9]

Controversy

Drug trafficking allegations

The former secretary general and now the former party's chief financial officer, Joaquin Ramirez, was accused by the Drug Enforcement Administration (although there was no official statement) and the Dirandro (Peruvian anti-drugs policy) of being "one of the most important drug lords in Peru"; and the prosecutor began a preliminary investigation of these charges, but as of July 2017, after more than a year, there were no official charges against Joaquin Ramirez. The accusations were used as a campaign theme by PPK in the 2016 presidential elections in Peru. The charges also involved the leader of the Fuerza Popular for the Region of San Martín and other party figures, including Jose Chlimper, the candidate for the vice presidency of the country behind Keiko Fujimori in the Peruvian general elections of 2016.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Vivanco, Martín Santiváñez (10 April 2011). "La triste procesión de las larvas grises". El Mundo.
  2. ↑ Manrique, Lisa (19 October 2010). "Transition in Lima: Leftist Candidate Victory". CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Fujimorismo solicitó cambio de denominación para llamarse Fuerza Popular" (in Spanish). 29 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ahora son Fuerza Popular" (in Spanish). 30 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Romero, Simon (7 April 2009). "Peru's Ex-President Convicted of Rights Abuses". Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Keiko Fujimori solicitó al JNE la inscripción de su plancha presidencial | El Comercio Perú. Elcomercio.pe. Retrieved on 25 April 2012.
  8. ↑ Conozca a los nuevos 130 congresistas electos de todo el Perú para el periodo 2011 – 2016 | Ayaviri.INFO – El Portal Archived 2 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. Ayaviri.info (23 April 2009). Retrieved on 25 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Elecciones 2018 | Fuerza Popular: el fujimorismo fue derrotado en Lima y regiones". RPP (in Spanish). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  10. ↑ http://ojo-publico.com/225/el-contacto-tocache-fuerza-popular

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