The Possible Peru Electoral Alliance ( es, Alianza Electoral Perú Posible) was an
electoral alliance
An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand ...
in
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
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formed for the
2011 general election, dominated by the eponymous party
Possible Peru
Possible Peru ( es, Perú Posible) was a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of Possible Country ( es, País Posible).
History
Possible Peru has its roots in an earlier political party, P ...
and led by presidential candidate and ex-president
Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (; born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician who served President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006. He gained international prominence after leading the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori, who held ...
.
Constituent Parties
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Possible Peru
Possible Peru ( es, Perú Posible) was a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of Possible Country ( es, País Posible).
History
Possible Peru has its roots in an earlier political party, P ...
(''Perú Posible'', PP),
ecologist
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and
liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
, aligned behind former president Toledo
*
Popular Action (''Acción Popular'', AP), with a long tradition since 1956,
reformist
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Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can eve ...
and
nationalist
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...
*
We Are Peru
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* ''us'' and ': the accusative (objective; ...
(''Somos Perú'', SP),
christian democratic
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and
christian humanism
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In the
2006 general election, Popular Action and We Are Peru formed the
Center Front
The Centre Front (Spanish: ''Frente de Centro,'' FC), was a Peruvian political coalition formed by the parties Acción Popular (AP), Somos Perú (PDSP) and Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes (CNI) for the 2006 national election. Its leade ...
(''Frente del Centro'') while Toledo's party Possible Peru contested separately.
In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 14.8% of the popular vote and 21 of 130 seats, making them the third largest force in Congress. In the elections for the five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament, they won 14.8% of the popular vote and one representative:
Javier Reátegui
Javier Reátegui Rosello (born April 28, 1944) is a Possible Peru Alliance member and a former Peruvian Interior Minister. He resigned in 2005 due to events relating to Antauro Humala
Antauro Igor Humala Tasso (born 29 June 1963) is a Peruv ...
.
Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo won 15.6% of the votes, placing him fourth and failed to qualify for the run-off.
The Possible Peru Alliance has formed a majority coalition in Congress with
Peru Wins
Peru Wins ( es, Gana Perú, GP) was a leftist electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election. It was dominated by the Peruvian Nationalist Party and led by successful presidential candidate Ollanta Humala Tasso.
Constituent pa ...
, the left-wing
Nationalists
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...
-dominated alliance of
Ollanta Humala
Lieutenant colonel Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician and former military officer who served as President of Peru from 2011 to 2016. Originally a socialist and left-wing nationalist, he is considered t ...
. Therefore, Toledo suggested to vote for Humala in the run-off on 5 June.
Parliamentary Alliance
Twenty of the 21 representatives elected on the Possible Peru Alliance's lists has formed the Parliamentary Alliance ( es, Alianza Parlamentaria) group in Congress.
Carlos Bruce
Carlos Ricardo Bruce Montes de Oca (born 24 February 1957) is a Peruvian politician and a former Congressman, representing Lima from 2006 until 2019, when his term ended with the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019.
Early l ...
, who had been expelled from Possible Peru for publicly criticizing the party's coalition with Peru Wins, has joined the small oppositional,
APRA-dominated group ''Parliamentary Coordination''.
Dissolution
In June 2012, the 5 members of Popular Action resigned from the Possible Peru bench, due to Possible Peru support for the official candidate for the presidency of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, when the popular member Víctor Andrés was proposed for the same position. Garcia Belaunde. In such circumstances and in response to the request of their party bases, the Political Committee and the National Executive Committee of Popular Action decided that their party should constitute its own bench. In this way, the President of Acción Popular, Dr.
Javier Alva Orlandini
Javier Alva Orlandini (December 11, 1927 – June 1, 2020) was a peruvian lawyer and politician. A prominent member of the political party Popular Action, he served as the President of the party. He served as the Second Vice President of Peru ...
, authorized the congressmen of his party to initiate coordination with independent congressmen in order to carry out said decision.
After that, in early June 2013, Cecilia Tait, along with Wuilian Monterola, Marco Falconí, Norman Lewis and Mariano Portugal, resigned from Peru Posible due to various discrepancies with that party.
Electoral results
Presidential election
Election to the Congress of the Republic
References
External links
Official website (in Spanish){{Peruvian political parties
Defunct political party alliances in Peru