Bolarte evokes the elections in Peru by April 2026: “You have to end the instability period”
In December 2021, in an event to Juliaca’s Heights, Dina Boluarte said it would have resigned if Pedro Castillo had been left free by Congress. Exactly, a year later he took the presidency after the dismissal of the union professor for His attempt called. In his speech he said he would have evoked the general elections as soon as possible, but did not make his word and ruined. This Tuesday, under the weight of two and a half years of a dazzled management and a very low popularity, Boluarte has faced the nation in an unexpected message to announce that the next elections will be April 12, 2026.
In the company of the authorities of the electoral agencies, the lawyer started his speech, referring to the days when he assumed the presidency and “Peru appeared again in the cliff when hit by a coup d’état that tried to undermine the constitutional order and the democratic system”. During the era of boil there was violence of the armed forces against The demonstrators who claimed their resignation in the first months of their mandatewhich was a balance of thousands of wounded and dozens of deaths. “Peru had to travel this difficult period in the framework of respect for legality, the rule of law and democracy,” he said.
The head of state stressed that on April 12, 2026 the Peruvians will have an appointment with the story to elect the next president and representatives of the Andean Parliament and the bicameral congress whose system returns after three decades. He claimed to be committed to ensuring that the national electoral processes office (Onpe), the national jury of the elections (Jne) and the national register of identification and the civil status (Reniec) have the necessary resources so that over 27 million Peruvians go to the polls.
One day after designating the new interior minister, Julio Díaz Zuleta, and in the midst of an environment aimed for the continuous episodes of extortion and sichable, Boluarte said that he will have to face insecurity with all his human and logistical skills to restore order. “They will fly with all the guarantees. (…) We hope that for reasons of Peru and the current and future generations that the 2026 elections not only allow our citizens to exercise their right, but also to put an end to the instability period that has led to Peru to have six presidents in recent years.”
As a guarantor of democracy, Pedro Castillo’s successor urged to respect the presidential periods. “Only in this way can we give stability and governance to the country and continue to promote and convene investments for development. Today I can tell you that Peru will celebrate the 2026 elections in a context of economic recovery,” he said with optimism.
According to the register of political organizations (rop) of the national jury of the elections, so far there are 41 recorded parties that will attempt in power. Another 32 games are in recording. If 73 political groups were enabled, they would participate in the following electoral competition. An unprecedented fact in which he looks and reflects the opportunism and weakness of political parties. Boluarte concluded his message to La Nación with a promise: “The government undertakes to respect the vote of citizens and deliver the command to those who are winning”.
