Overview
- Díaz announced in a short video that she would not accept the party’s invitation, thanking Patricia Li and citing “personal reasons.”
- The decision came days after Somos Perú publicly introduced her as a precandidate for the 2026 congressional race.
- She previously served in Congress 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 network, and in 2023 prosecutors annulled the related civil debt.
- Coverage notes she remains legally eligible to run, and public reaction mixed supportive comments with reminders of her past legal case.