Change 21 ( es, Cambio 21) was a

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for the congressional term of 2016 to 2021 in the

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. The group was introduced on 20 March 2018, led by then-congressman

Kenji Fujimori Kenji Gerardo Fujimori Higuchi (born 19 May 1980) is a Peruvian businessman, Fujimorist politician and a former congressman representing Lima from 2011 until he was suspended from congressional duty in June 2018 in aftermath of the ''Kenjivideo ...

, and was formally recognized on 19 December of the same year by the President of Congress

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. Its members are former members of

Popular Force People's Force ( es, Fuerza Popular, FP), known as Force 2011 ( es, Fuerza 2011, links=no) until 2012, is a right-wing populist and Fujimorist political party in Peru. The party is led by Keiko Fujimori, former congresswoman and daughter of form ...

. The parliamentary group was disbanded following the dissolution of the Congress on 30 September 2019 by President Martin Vizcarra.

History

On 21 December 2017, proposals to impeach President

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reached the floor of Congress. Ultimately, the proposal to impeach the president failed as 10 members of the majority opposition party

voted against removing Kuczynski from the presidency. On 31 December 2017, the party's Disciplinary Committee recommended dismissing the ten members from Popular Force. On 1 March 2018, following dismissal from the party, Kenji Fujimori resigned from the leadership of the

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faction, changing moving towards a more progressive and liberal agenda. Later in January, Fujimori informally nicknamed his group as the Avengers, a reference to the fictional film Avengers: Infinity War. On 20 March, the informal group announced the creation of the political faction ''Cambio 21'' with plans to become an official political party with the incarcerated former president

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto ( or ; born 28 July 1938) is a Peruvian politician, professor and former engineer who was President of Peru from 28 July 1990 until 22 November 2000. Frequently described as a dictator, * * * * * * he remains a ...

as leader. On 19 December, the President of Congress

formally recognized the faction.

Congressional members

Current congressional members of Change 21 are former members of Popular Force: Estelita Bustos, Maritza García, Clayton Galván, Marvin Palma, Luis Yika, Yesenia Ponce, Roberto Vieira and Lizbeth Robles. Guillermo Bocángel, Bienvenido Ramírez and

were suspended from Congress before the formal recognition of Change 21 as a congressional faction.

References

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