Cambio 21 (political party)
Change 21 Cambio 21 | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Maritza Garcia |
| President | Alberto Fujimori Kenji Fujimori |
| General Secretary | Kenji Fujimori |
| Founded | 20 March 2018 |
| Dissolved | 30 September 2019 |
| Split from | Popular Force |
| Headquarters | Lima |
| Ideology | Fujimorism Progressive conservatism Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colors | Red |
| Party flag | |
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Change 21 (Spanish: Cambio 21) was a parliamentary group for the congressional term of 2016 to 2021 in the Congress of Peru. The group was introduced on 20 March 2018, led by then-congressman Kenji Fujimori, and was formally recognized on 19 December of the same year by the President of Congress Daniel Salaverry. Its members are former members of Popular Force.[1] The parliamentary group was disbanded following the dissolution of the Congress on 30 September 2019 by President Martin Vizcarra.
History[edit]
On 21 December 2017, proposals to impeach President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski reached the floor of Congress.[2] Ultimately, the proposal to impeach the president failed as 10 members of the majority opposition party Popular Force voted against removing Kuczynski from the presidency.[3] On 31 December 2017, the party's Disciplinary Committee recommended dismissing the ten members from Popular Force.[4] On 1 March 2018, following dismissal from the party, Kenji Fujimori resigned from the leadership of the Fujimorist faction, changing moving towards a more progressive and liberal agenda.[5] Later in January, Fujimori informally nicknamed his group as the Avengers, a reference to the fictional film Avengers: Infinity War.[6][7] 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 as leader.[8][9]
On 19 December, the President of Congress Daniel Salaverry formally recognized the faction.[10]
Congressional members[edit]
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.[11]
Guillermo Bocángel, Bienvenido Ramírez and Kenji Fujimori were suspended from Congress before the formal recognition of Change 21 as a congressional faction.
References[edit]
- ^ LR, Redacción (29 May 2019). "Daniel Salaverry autoriza crear nuevas bancadas en el Congreso". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Peru21, Redacción (22 December 2017). "10 fujimoristas se abstuvieron de votar la moción de vacancia presidencial". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Peru21, Redacción (31 January 2018). "Kenji Fujimori fue expulsado de Fuerza Popular". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Fuerza Popular decidió expulsar a Kenji Fujimori de la bancada". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "¿Quiénes son los "Avengers" de la política peruana?". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Avengers" alistan inscripción de su bancada "Cambio 21". Diario Correo (in Spanish). 28 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ LR, Redacción (29 May 2019). "Cambio 21 solicitó oficialmente ser registrado como bancada". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Kenji Fujimori anunció que formará 'Cambio 21', su nuevo partido político". RPP (in Spanish). 20 March 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "TC resuelve que parlamentarios podrán forman nuevas bancadas". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "TC declaró inconstitucional la 'Ley Antitránsfuga'". RPP (in Spanish). 13 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Estos son los legisladores que dejaron Fuerza Popular en los últimos meses". canaln.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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