Overview
- Diaz posted videos on TikTok and Instagram thanking party president Patricia Li and saying she would not accept the invitation.
- Earlier this week, Li had presented Diaz as a precandidate for the 2026 legislative race in a Facebook post.
- Diaz, 62, meets Peru’s requirements to run for Congress, including nationality, voting rights, and minimum age.
- She previously served in the legislature from 1995 to 2000 after winning a seat with the Movimiento Independiente Agrario.
- In 2009 she received a suspended sentence for active bribery linked to the Montesinos era, and in 2023 prosecutors’ review led to the annulment of the related civil reparations debt.