Overview
- Carlos Bruce formally presented his multidisciplinary technical team at a campaign event in Surco on Monday, August 24, naming specialists to lead security, mobility, urban planning, housing and public-space initiatives.
- The team’s most prominent appointments include retired PNP general and former interior minister Vicente Romero to head security policy and urbanist Aldo Facho to handle mobility and city planning.
- Romero’s role carries political baggage because he resigned in 2023 after Congress approved a motion of censure over his handling of rising crime, a fact opponents can use against Bruce.
- El Comercio and Caretas published extended member lists showing two former ministers from the Dina Boluarte government and other officials with national public-sector experience, deepening scrutiny of the team’s political ties.
- Bruce publicly attacked the electoral body's rejection of attempts to exclude rival Rafael López Aliaga, López Aliaga defended his candidacy and attacked Bruce, and the dispute is likely to shape the tenor of the campaign ahead of the October 4 vote.