Almost half of Peruvians in favor of new elections after political confrontations between the Executive and the Congress of the country

48% of Peruvians are in favor of new general elections are called to change the Executive and to the Congress of his country, in the midst of the political confrontation that both powers of the State have been leading for months, an opinion poll indicated this Sunday.

The survey, carried out by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) and published by the newspaper La República, indicated that Almost half of Peruvians consider that the best thing would be a total renewal of the political class elected in last year’s elections.

However, 38% of those surveyed said that the most convenient thing is that President Pedro Castillo remains in office until the end of his termin July 2026.

Only 4% of citizens believed that Castillo should leave the head of state to Vice President Dina Boluarte and another 4% supported the possibility of calling presidential elections and the current congressmen remaining in office.

This possibility is defended by the president of the Congress, María del Carmen Alva, and by opposition politicians.

The IEP survey also indicated that 28% of Peruvians approve of the way Castillo conducts his government and 63% disapprovefigures similar to those of the previous month.

In this sense, 68% of those surveyed indicated that Castillo is complying “little or not at all” with his campaign proposals and 30% said that he is complying with them “a lot or somewhat”.

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When referring to the “best” of the current government, 40% highlighted the vaccination campaign against covid-19 and 31% said that “the worst” has been the appointment of ministers questioned for their alleged lack of preparation to hold those positions or having various complaints against them.

When analyzing the survey, the head of Opinion Studies of the IEP, Patricia Zárate, commented that “Confidence in the president, the perception of his concern for the poorest and his ability to govern have fallen dramatically in all sectors of the population in recent months.”

“Given this scenario, it is surprising to a certain extent that approval has not decreased and that the request for the president’s resignation is not widely majority,” he said in La República.

Zárate emphasized that the majority of Peruvians consider that the political crisis “affects them a lot”, but “This affectation does not transcend the level of the protest, which seems to be limited to certain more informed groups.”.

“If it is shown that the president is directly involved in corruption, will it be enough for the citizenry to want to remove him? The uncertainty of the possible replacement is crucial and is certainly not on the side of a worse rated powerlike the Legislative”, he remarked.

The IEP survey was conducted 1,213 people in the 24 departments of the country from February 21 to 23before the local media revealed that a businesswoman investigated for corruption crimes by the Prosecutor’s Office, compromised the president in the activities of an alleged criminal organization entrenched in the Peruvian Executive.

This complaint was rejected this Sunday “categorically” by Castillo, who called on the Peruvian people to defend their government against attempts to remove it which, according to what he said, will boost a sector of the political opposition in the coming days. (I)