The super -conservative mayor in Lima, the Rafael Lopes Aliagaannounced Monday his resignation, which was a legal prerequisite for he could nominate Peru’s post in the elections scheduled to be held in April 2026.
It will be the second time that Mr. Lopes Aliaga64 years old, will claim the top office in the Andean state after 2021.
The millionaire businessman, a member of the Opus dei, with a reason for organized crime, is said to be a favorite in some polls, with a backdrop of an increasing public security crisis in Peru.
“I announce my resignation from the position of Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima to apply for the process of nominating the Renovación Popular Party (RP).” whose main leader is, he said by reading a letter to the City Council.
Peru is facing a more serious security crisis, attributed to gangs of criminals who are mainly engaged in blackmail and have multiplied murders.
Among other things, Mr. Lopes Aliagamayor of the Peruvian capital since 2022, he wants to create special military courts to try the most dangerous criminals who characterize “City Terrorists”.
Source :Skai
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