Overview

• Acción Popular’s National Plenary ordered all its legislators to resign the existing caucus within 48 hours and re-form a bench without expelled or sanctioned members, warning violators could face discipline and lose eligibility for 2026 candidacies.
• Following the directive, multiple lawmakers filed irrevocable resignations from the caucus, triggering a swift reconfiguration of the group in Congress.
• Edwin Martínez returned to the Acción Popular bench and was elected spokesperson by majority vote, with María del Carmen Alva and Silvia Monteza chosen as alternate spokespeople.
• Party leaders cited reputational damage from scandals, including the caucus’s retention of expelled congressman Raúl Doroteo and investigations tied to the ‘Los Niños’ network, as the impetus for the shake-up.
• The Ipsos/Semana Económica Encuesta del Poder places Dina Boluarte first in perceived power (76%), with César Acuña (69%) and Keiko Fujimori (68%) close behind, even as 90% of surveyed leaders disapprove of Boluarte’s performance.