Popular Renewal

Popular Renewal (Spanish: Renovación Popular) is a Peruvian conservative political party. Founded in 2020, the party is the successor of the former National Solidarity Party founded and led by former mayor of Lima Luis Castañeda Lossio. Following its poor results at the 2020 parliamentary election, leader Rafael López Aliaga announced the party's re-foundation under the Popular Renewal.[1]

Popular Renewal

Renovación Popular
PresidentRafael López Aliaga
Secretary-GeneralGustavo Pacheco
FounderLuis Castañeda Lossio (as National Solidarity)
Founded7 October 2020
Preceded byNational Solidarity
HeadquartersLima, Peru
IdeologyNational conservatism
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism
Political positionRight-wing to Far-right
Seats in Congress
0 / 130
Governorships
0 / 25
Regional Councillors
0 / 274
Province Mayorships
0 / 196
District Mayorships
8 / 1,678
Website
solidaridadnacional.pe

History

As Rafael López Aliaga was elected in mid-2019 as General Secretary of National Solidarity following Luis Castañeda's resignation due to the pretrial detention on the Odebrecht scandal in Peru, the party shifted to far right politics, as it publicly embraced extreme social conservatism and ultranationalism.[2]

At the 2020 parliamentary electiom, National Solidarity received 1.5% of the popular vote, placing nineteenth out of twenty-one participating lists, thus failing to attain representation.[3] Following its poor results in the election, the party underwent a formal reconstruction.[4] During this period, Rafael López Aliaga formally announced his candidacy for the presidency in the 2021 general election, stating that he intended to gather all possible support from the country's conservative circles.[5]

Under this new platform, López Aliaga announced the dissolution of National Solidarity, effectively re-founding the party under the name Popular Renewal, in October 2020.[6] Assuming the position of party president, he stated that the party is "re-founded with principles of solidarity and anchored in God, Christ."[7]

The party's name-change was officially recognized in December 2020.[8] Simultaneously, López Aliaga was formally declared the party's presidential nominee for the 2021 general election, alongside Neldy Mendoza, chair of the Family and Life Institute, and Jorge Montoya, former Joint Command Chief, as his running mates.[9]

Ideology

Popular Renewal holds on to an ultraconservative platform, mainly based in opposition to abortion, LGBT rights, and "gender ideology".[10]

Election results

Presidential elections
Year Candidate Party Votes Percentage Outcome
2021 Rafael López Aliaga Popular Renewal TBD TBD TBD

Elections to the Congress of the Republic
Year Votes % Seats / Position
2021 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

References
  1. Caretas, Política. "Solidaridad Nacional ahora es Renovación Popular: cambio lo anunció Rafael López Aliaga". caretas.pe.
  2. PERÚ, Diario El Comercio. "Solidaridad Nacional: la derecha radical se pone a prueba en el Perú". elcomercio.pe.
  3. PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Flash boca de urna: Apra y Solidaridad Nacional no tendrían congresistas". andina.pe.
  4. Opinión, Lucidez. "Anuncian plan de reestructuración de Solidaridad Nacional". lucidez.pe.
  5. Noticias, RPP. "Rafael López Aliaga anuncia su candidatura a la Presidencia por Solidaridad Nacional". rpp.pe.
  6. PERÚ, Diario El Comercio. "Elecciones 2021: Rafael López Aliaga ya tiene a sus precandidatos para la plancha presidencial y el Congreso". elcomercio.pe.
  7. PERÚ, Diario La República. "Solidaridad Nacional cambia de nombre a Renovación Popular". larepublica.pe.
  8. Diario Gestión, Redacción. "JNE aprobó cambio de denominación y símbolo de Renovación Popular, ex Solidaridad Nacional". gestion.pe.
  9. UCI, Redacción. "Rafael López Aliaga encabeza plancha presidencial de Renovación Popular". uci.pe.
  10. Noticias, RPP. "Rafael López Aliaga anuncia su candidatura a la Presidencia por Solidaridad Nacional". rpp.pe.
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