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SUBJECT: RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; 
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REF: A. LIMA 5396 (05) 
     ¶B. LIMA 5332 (05) 
 
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SUBJECT: RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; 
FUJIMORI'S CANDIDACY REJECTED 
 
REF: A. LIMA 5396 (05) 
     ¶B. LIMA 5332 (05) 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1. (U)  A record 24 parties/alliances met the 1/9 deadline to 
apply to register their presidential tickets for the April 
election.  Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's bid to head the Si 
Cumple party ticket was rejected by the Lima Special 
Electoral Board, but is being appealed to the National 
Electoral Board (JNE), which is expected to render a decision 
by the end of the week.  End Summary. 
 
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TWENTY-FOUR CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM 
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¶2. (U) Twenty-four parties/alliances applied to register 
their presidential candidates with the Lima Special Electoral 
Board (JEE) by the 1/9 filing deadline for the 4/9 elections. 
This is the largest number of presidential candidates in 
Peru's history.  The previous high was 18 in 1980; in 2001 
there were only eight.  The JEE is in the process of 
reviewing the registration applications, publishing an 
announcement of each application that meets the legal 
requirements in the Legal Norms official gazette.  Following 
publication, members of the public have two days in which to 
submit challenges to a an application. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Alberto Fujimori's party, Si Cumple (He Delivers), 
sought to register Fujimori as its presidential candidate. 
The JEE rejected this, in a resolution published on 1/10, 
which concluded that the 2001 vote by Congress disqualifying 
Fujimori from holding public office for 10 years also 
precluded him from running for public office.  Si Cumple's 
leadership vowed to appeal this decision to the National 
Electoral Board (JNE) and threatened to stage massive public 
protests.  Meanwhile, Alianza por el Futuro (the alliance of 
pro-Fujimori parties Cambio 90 and Nuevo Mayoria) submitted 
Congresswoman Martha Chavez as its presidential candidate. 
Chavez made it clear that she is running as Fujimori's proxy. 
 (COMMENT:  This two pronged Fujimorista approach of 
attempting to run Fujimori on the Si Cumple ticket, while 
preparing a fall-back candidacy on the Alianza por el Futuro 
slate has been planned by the Fujimoristas for some time (Ref 
B).  END COMMENT.) 
 
¶5. (SBU) The presidential tickets that have submitted their 
registration requests are: 
 
THE MAJOR CANDIDATES 
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-- Unidad Nacional (National Unity) alliance, headed by 
Lourdes FLORES Nano. Flores was a Congresswoman in 1990 and 
1995 and ran for President in 2001, finishing in third place. 
 The First Vice President candidate is Arturo WOODSMAN 
Pollit, a businessman and engineer with a long history of 
public service, most recently heading Peru's successful 
hosting of the FIFA Under 17 Soccer World Championship.  The 
Second Vice President candidate is Luis Enrique CARPOI 
Ascuna, Dean of the Catholic University in Arequipa.  Unidad 
Nacional is considered center-right in its political 
orientation. 
 
-- Frente del Centro (Centrist Front) alliance, headed by 
Valentin PANIAGUA Corazao.  Paniagua was the transition 
President after Fujimori resigned in 2000. He has a long 
history of public service under other administrations as 
Minister of Justice and Education and as a former 
Congressman.  The First Vice President candidate is Alberto 
ANDRADE Carmona, former Mayor of Lima.  The Second Vice 
President candidate is Gonzalo German AGUIRRE Arriz, 
businessman and Secretary General of the Independent National 
Coordinating party.  The Frente del Centro is considered to 
be center-left in orientation. 
 
-- Partido Aprista Peruano (APRA) headed by Alan GARCIA 
Perez.  Garcia served as President from 1985-90 and ran for 
President in 2001, finishing second.  The First Vice 
President candidate is Luis GIAMPETRI Rojas, a retired 
Vice-Admiral. The Second Vice President candidate is Lourdes 
MENDOZA del Solar the Deputy Mayor of Arequipa.  APRA has no 
easy ideological characterization, being populist in rhetoric 
but capable of adjusting its policies to the requirements of 
the moment. 
 
-- Partido Nacionalista Uniendo al Peru (Nationalist Party 
Uniting Peru), formerly Union por el Peru (Union for Peru), 
headed by Ollanta HUMALA Tasso. (Note: The party registered 
with the JEE as "Union por el Peru" but subsequently voted to 
change its name. End Note.)  Ollanta Humala is a retired Army 
Lieutenant Colonel.  He is running as an ultra-nationalist, 
anti-system candidate aligned with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez 
and Bolivia's Evo Morales.  He, along with his brother 
Antauro (currently on trial for leading the January 2005 
rebellion in Andahuaylas that resulted in five deaths), led a 
small military rebellion against the Fujimori regime in 2000. 
 After spending some time in jail, he was pardoned by the 
Paniagua interim government, reinstated in the Army, and 
served under the Toledo Administration as a military attache 
in Paris and South Korea before being retired in December 
¶2004.  The First Vice President candidate is Gonzalo Raul 
GARCIA Nunez, an engineer on the Board of the Central Reserve 
Bank.  The Second Vice President candidate is Carlos Alberto 
TORRES Caro, a lawyer for the Humala family, who previously 
served as a prosecutor under, and reportedly had close ties 
with, pro-Fujimori Attorney General Blanca Nelida Colan. 
 
THE MINOR CANDIDATES 
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-- Alianza para el Progreso (Alliance for Progress):  Natale 
Juan AMPRIMO Pla. Amprimo is a Congressman representing Lima. 
 Formerly with Alberto Andrade's (of the Centrist Front) 
Somos Peru party, Amprimo renounced that tie in 2005, then 
failed in efforts to create a new congressional bloc composed 
of young legislators.  He is considered center-left. 
 
-- Alianza por el Futuro (Alliance for the Future), Martha 
CHAVEZ Cossio. Chavez is a long-time Fujimori supporter who 
recently was absolved of corruption charges and resumed her 
seat in Congress following a four-year suspension.  Her First 
Vice President running-mate is Santiago FUJIMORI, the 
ex-President's brother. 
 
-- Avanza Pais (Country Advances), Ulises HUMALA Tasso. 
Ultra-nationalist Ulises Humala is the older brother of 
Ollanta and Antauro.  He is a professor at the National 
Engineering University.  His First Vice Presidential running 
mate is party founder Pedro CENAS Casamayor. 
 
-- Con Fuerza Peru (Peru with Force), Peter KOECHLIN. 
Koechlin is a businessman and President of Wayra Peru, a new 
Peruvian airline that has yet to get off the ground. 
 
-- Concertacion Descentralista (Decentralized Agreement), 
Susana Maria del Carmen VILLARAN de la Puente.  Villaran is 
leader of the Social Democracy Party and was Minister of 
Women's Affairs during the 2000 transition government.  She 
is considered center-left. 
 
-- Frente Amplio de Izquierda (Broad Front of the Left), 
Alberto MORENO Rojas del Rio.  This party was formerly the 
Movimiento Nuevo Izquierda (New Left Movement).  Moreno is 
the founder and Secretary General of the Communist Party of 
Peru Red Fatherland.  His First Vice President candidate is 
Juan Jose Gorriti Valle, Secretary General of the Workers 
Confederation of Peru (CGTP). 
 
-- Frente Independiente Moralizador party (FIM - Independent 
Moralizing Front), Fernando OLIVERA Vega.  Olivera is leader 
and founder of the party.  He was a Congressman in the 1990's 
and served under the Toledo Administration as Minister of 
Justice and Ambassador to Spain.  In August 2005, Toledo 
appointed the un-popular Olivera as Foreign Minister sparking 
the resignation of his Prime Minister and a cabinet crisis 
resolved when Olivera was asked to resign after one day in 
 
office.  Olivera ran for President in 2001 and placed forth 
with just under 10% of the vote.  He is considered 
center-left. 
 
-- Fuerza Democratica (Democratic Force), Alberto Alfonso 
BOREA Odria.  Borea was previously Peru's Ambassador to the 
Organization of American States and headed the Democractic 
Forum, an organization that opposed the authoritarian 
Fujimori regime.  He is considered center-left. 
 
-- Justicia Nacional (National Justice), Jaime Eduardo 
SALINAS Lopez-Torres.  Salinas is a U.S.-educated businessman 
who unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Lima in 2002. He and his 
father, Gen. (R) Jaime Salinas, were detained for attempting 
a coup against the Fujimori regime.  He is considered 
center-right. 
 
-- Partido Socialista (Socialist Party), Javier Diez CANSECO 
Cisneros. Canseco is a congressman for Lima and leader of the 
Socialist Party.  He is considered to be a pro-Castro 
Marxist. 
 
-- Peru Ahora (Peru Now), Luis GUERRERO Figueroa.  Guerrero 
is a pro-coca congressman from Cajamarca, where he twice 
served as provincial mayor. He is considered to be a leftist. 
 
-- Peru Posible (Peru Possible), Rafael Luis BELAUNDE Aubry. 
Belaunde is an engineer and the son of former President 
Fernando Belaunde. He formerly served as a Senator with the 
Accion Popular (Popular Action) party.  His First Vice 
President candidate is Carlos BRUCE Montes de Oca, former 
Minister of the Presidency and Minister of Housing under 
President Toledo.  His Second Vice Presidential candidate is 
Romulo MUCHO Mamani who previously served as Vice-Minister of 
Energy and Mines and recently became a Congressman 
representing Puno.  Belaunde is a political maverick, and 
Peru Posible, although President Toledo's party, has not been 
known for its ideological consistency. 
 
-- Progresemos Peru (Peru Let's Progress), Javier ESPINOZA 
Ayaipoma.  Little is known of Espinoza or his party. 
 
-- Proyecto Pais (Country Project), Marco Antonio 
ARRUNATEGUI. Arrunategui ran for President in 2001, but 
placed seventh garnering less than 1% of the vote.  He 
currently is charged with pedophilia and pimping, but asserts 
his innocence. 
 
-- Reconstrucion Democratica (Democratic Reconstruction), 
Jose Guillermo Juan CARDO Guarderas.  Cardo is a sociologist 
who has taught for 20 years in Mexico.  He failed to register 
another party, Insurgencia Renovadora (Renewing Insurgence). 
 
-- Renacamiento Andino (Andean Rebirth), Ciro Alfredo GALVEZ 
Herrera.  Galvez is a lawyer and the party's founder.  He ran 
for President under the same party in 2001 placing sixth with 
less than 1% of the votes. 
 
-- Restauracion Nacional (National Restoration), Humberto LAY 
Sun.  Lay is an evangelical pastor and former member of the 
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  His First Vice 
President candidate is Maximo San Roman, who served as 
Alberto Fujimori's First Vice President but split with 
Fujimori over the 1992 auto-coup. 
 
-- Resurgimiento Peruano (Peruvian Resurgence), Antero ASTO 
Flores - Asto is a lawyer and the party's founder.  He 
unsuccessfully ran for President in 2001. 
 
-- Si Cumple (He Delivers), Alberto FUJIMORI Fujimori.  Si 
Cumple, as noted, sought to register former President Alberto 
Fujimori as its candidate.  Should the JNE uphold the JEE's 
rejection of Fujimori's candidacy, then the party will 
not/not at this stage be entitled to replace him with another 
candidate and will not/not run a presidential ticket. 
 
-- Y se Llama Peru (And It is Called Peru). Ricardo WONG. 
Wong is the party founder and a businessman who imports 
fireworks.  He was linked to the fireworks that led to the 
Mesa Redonda fire that resulted in the death of over 200 
people. 
 
 
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COMMENT 
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¶5. (SBU)  The plethora of presidential candidates has 
generated criticism from politicians and commentators alike, 
who note that it reflects the disunity of the political 
class, as well as the disorganization and lack of 
representativeness of the traditional political parties. 
Given that parties must obtain at least four percent of the 
legislative vote in order to maintain their registration, it 
is expected that most of the smaller parties will disappear 
after the 4/9 election.  The electoral prospects for the 
registered candidates should become clearer after publication 
of the next nationwide APOYO poll on 1/15.  Additional 
biographic data on some of these candidates is available on 
Post's SIPRNET site 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/lima/index.cf m . END COMMENT. 
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