Archive for December, 2005
2005 Global Corruption Barometer
Source: La Republica, December 10, 2005
The 2005 Global Corruption Barometer, based on a Gallup International survey conducted on behalf of Transparency International for International Anti-Corruption Day 2005, reveals widespread concern about corruption around the globe.
Barometro Nacional December 3-4, 2005: Lourdes Flores in comfortable lead
Source: La Republica, December 10, 2005
Grupo de Opinion Publica de la Universidad de Lima. Barometro Nacional pre-electoral, December 3-4, 2005.
Sample: 1966 men and women, 18-70 years old, from all socio-economic levels in urban and rural areas in 22 provinces of Peru: Arequipa, Cajamarca, Callao, Cañete, Chiclayo, Chincha, Cusco, Huancayo, Huánuco, Huaral, Huaraz, Ica, Lima, Maynas, Jaén, Coronel Portillo, Piura, San Román, Puno, Tacna, Trujillo y Santa Download file
Barometro Social November 5-6, 2005: III Annual Survey on trust in institutions
Source: La Republica, December 10, 2005
Grupo de Opinion Publica de la Universidad de la Universidad de Lima. Barometro Social: III Encuesta Anual sobre confianza en las instituciones, Lima Metropolitana y el Callao, 5-6 de noviembre del 2005.
Sample: 620 people, 18-70 years old from all socio-economic levels in Metropolitan Lima and Callao Download file
A political death foretold: Jeanette Enmanuel resigns as presidential candidate for Peru Posible
Jeanette Enmanuel has resigned as leader of Peru Posible only days after she was proclaimed the new presidential candidate by party stalwarts Carlos Bruce and Javier Reátegui.
Key Electoral Deadlines & Characteristics of the electorate
Frente de Centro will have a woman in its slate
Frente de Centro is considering 3 women for the second vice-presidency: Rosario Sasieta (“Senora Ley”), Patricia Donayre (former Frente Independiente Moralizador) and Maricarmen Alva (niece of Javier Alva Orlandini). They are all members of Acción Popular.
Source: Archivo diario La República
Supporters of Fujimori considering withdrawing his presidential candidacy
Si Cumple-Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoria are evaluating withdrawing Alberto Fujimori’s presidential candidacy and considering Chavez as an alternative.
JNE Rejects Candidacy of Fujimori
The Office of the Registrar of Political Organizations (OROP) in the National Electoral Board (JNE) vetoed the presidential candidacy of Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori wants to run as candidate for the alliance Si Cumple-Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoria but has been banned from holding public office. The alliance has until Saturday, December 10, to present an alternative candidate.
President Toledo calls General Elections for 2006
After a long wait, the Executive called general elections to take place on Sunday, April 9, 2006. If no presidential candidate achieves more than 50 percent of the vote, a second round would take place on Sunday, May 7 2006.
Alan Garcia presents book “Sierra Exportadora”
Photo: Rocío Orellana, La República
During the 43th Annual Executives Conference (CADE 2005), Alan García, APRA’s presidential candidate, presented his book Sierra Exportadora. The book is a proposal to develop the agro-industry in the Peruvian highlands. The implementation of such plan would take 5 years and US$ 102 million.
Bazo, Fabiola and Maxwell A. Cameron. 2000. Dilemmas of the Opposition, Peru Election 2000: A Public Education Website. Download file
Levitsky, Steven and Cameron, Maxwell A. 2003. Democracy without parties? Political parties and regime change in Fujimori’s Peru, Latin American Politics and Society, Fall 2003.
Ollanta Humala chosen as PNP-UPP presidential candidate
On December 4, 2005, 119 representatives from Union por el Peru (UPP) voted unanimously to form an alliance with Partido Nacionalista Peruano (PNP) that will position Ollanta Humala as the presidential candidate for the alliance UPP-PNP.
Ernesto Velit Granda has left UPP for considering this party decision “antidemocratic, improvised and populist.” In a press release Javier Perez de Cuellar, founder of UPP and presidential candidate in 1995, has stated that he is retired from party politics and that he will not participate or be a judge of UPP’s decisions.
Fernando Tuesta on JNE and TC dispute
Fernando Tuesta has called for the executive to “observe” the law that would make the rulings of the National Election Board final. Any such law would leave citizens whose fundamental rights have been violated without recourse under the law and is therefore an invitation to the abuse of power. No state institution is above the law or the constitution.
(Refer to our Rule of Law archives for more items on this discussion)
Jeanette Enmanuel presidential candidate of Peru Posible
Para sorpresa y desacuerdo de muchos partidarios de Perú Posible (PP) Incluido Juan Sheput, Javier Reátegui y Carlos Bruce, miembros de la plana mayor de este partido, presentaron a la empresaria naturista Jeanette Enmanuel como la virtual candidata presidencial de PP. Esta postulacion debera ser ratificada en el congreso partidario el 11 de diciembre. Desconocida hasta el momento en el plano político, se sabe que en la década de los setentas militó en movimientos estudiantiles de izquierda y que tras vivir desde 1978 exiliada junto a su esposo en Suecia, en 1996 fundó Agroindustrias Floris y creó la marca Santa Natura, empresa exportadora de productos naturistas a Europa, Asia y Estados Unidos. Emmanuel ha declarado a los medios que:
– si sale electa no recibira sueldo;
– que no tiene compromiso con Peru Posible como partido;
– que otros partidos la llamaron pero solo le ofrecieron ser congresista, y como congresista “podia hacer poco”.
Entrevista a Ollanta Humala en La Primera
Yale University Forum on Fujimori
Report on a Round Table ‘Fujimori: From Fugitive to Candidate?’
By Fabiola Bazo and Maxwell A. Cameron
Yale Center for International and Area Studies, New Haven, CT,
December 2, 2005
On December 1, 2005 a round table discussion was held at Yale University sponsored by The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, The Latin American Series at Yale Law School, The Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights, the Canadian Studies Committee, and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS). The topic was “Fujimori: From Fugitive to Candidate?”
Participants included: Enrique Mayer (Yale University); Julio Carrion (University of Delaware); Natalia Sobrevilla Perea (Yale University); Julia Maria Urrunaga (Yale University); Andres Mejia Acosta (University of British Columbia); Akira Watanabe (University of Tokyo); Maxwell A. Cameron (Yale University/UBC); Fabiola Bazo (Yale University).
Enrique Mayer introducing panelists
IMA November 28-30, 2005 – Lima & Callao: Humala in second place
Lourdes Flores keeps a clear lead in Lima and Callao with 30.4%, followed by Ollanta Humala (14.3%), Valentin Paniagua (10.7%) and Alan Garcia. We could say there is a technical tie between Humala, Paniagua and Garcia due to the size of the sample. 46.3% of people have decided who to vote for.
Sample: 700 people in 37 districts in Lima and Callao interviewed between November 28-30, 2005. Download file
Congress: JNE decisions are not to be reviewed by TC
On Thursday, December 1, Congress, in committee of the whole, approved — after a long delay and extensive public discussions among the JNE, TC, members of Congress and constitutional experts (refer to our archives), that decisions made by the National Electoral Jury could not be reviewed by the Constutitional Tribunal. Congress voted: 64 votes in favour, 7 against and 4 abstentions. This decision would guarantee jurisdictional autonomy and independence to the JNE, according to Congress.
Refer to pages 123-133, Diario de Debates del Congreso, December 1, 2005. Download file
Victor Polay Polay & Antauro Humala presidential candidates?
Mientras que el presidente de Avanza País, Pedro Cenas manifestó al diario Peru 21 que la agrupación presentará como precandidato a Antauro Humala, preso actualmente en el penal de Piedras Gordas, en Ancón; el abogado de Víctor Polay Campos, informó al diario La Primera que el dirigente del Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) aceptó ser candidato a la Presidencia de la República por el Movimiento Electoral Revolucionario, aunque su llamado “a la unión de las izquierdas” fue rechazado por Patria Roja y el Partido por la Democracia Social.