Overview
- Fujimori is set to formalize her candidacy on Thursday, October 30, at an internal party event in Huanchaco, Trujillo, with roughly 5,000 attendees expected.
- Fuerza Popular’s website lists Luis Galarreta as first vice-presidential nominee and Miki (Miguel) Torres as second vice president on Fujimori’s ticket.
- The event will also unveil the party’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies lists as Fuerza Popular gears up for Peru’s restored bicameral Congress in 2026.
- Nineteen of the party’s 20 current lawmakers are seeking re-election, underscoring a strategy of continuity across the slate.
- The Tribunal Constitucional recently archived the 'Cocktails' case against Fujimori, while party officials deny the campaign launch was timed to the ruling, and Ipsos polling places her near 7% in a fragmented field with large undecided and blank/null shares.