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López Aliaga Launches 2026 Run, Seeking Presidency and Senate Seat on Security-First Message

The Renovación Popular leader aims to pull votes to his Senate slate under Peru’s restored bicameral system.

Overview

  • Renovación Popular named a ticket with Norma Yarrow for first vice president and Jhon Iván Ramos Malpica for second, with Roxana Rocha and Alejandro Muñante as accesitarios.
  • López Aliaga vowed tougher penalties for serious crimes, proposed an elite National Police unit and greater intelligence funding, and said he is willing to withdraw Peru from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
  • He will head the party’s Senate list as the campaign begins, unveiling congressional precandidates including Lizzy Sueldo, Javier Cipriani Thorne and Giuliana Calambrogio, with Yarrow and Rocha on the Lima deputies slate.
  • He described the dual candidacy as a tactic to ‘drag votes’ and build a loyal upper-house bloc for Renovación Popular.
  • The choice of Ramos Malpica, an Ayacucho entrepreneur, signals outreach to the south and has drawn skepticism from local victims’ representatives and analysts.