Together for Peru
{{short description|Political party in Peru}}{{Update|date=March 2024|reason=Castillo not in power anymore.}}{{Infobox political party
| name = Together for Peru
| native_name = Juntos por el Perú
| logo = Logo juntos por el Peru.svg
| abbreviation = JP
| leader = Roberto Sánchez Palomino
| president = Roberto Sánchez Palomino
| membership = 41,448{{Cite web | url=https://sroppublico.jne.gob.pe/Consulta/PadronAfiliado | title=Padrón de Afiliados | website=sroppublico.jne.gob.pe | language=es | trans-title=Register of Affiliates}}
| membership_year = 2023
| colorcode = {{party color|Together for Peru}}
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Democratic socialism|Progressivism|Mariáteguism|Anti-Fujimorism}}
| position = {{nowrap|Centre-left{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideeleradio.pe/lo-ultimo/juan-de-la-puente-veronika-mendoza-tiene-posibilidad-de-recoger-firmas-para-inscribir-su-partido/|title = Juan de la Puente: Verónika Mendoza tiene posibilidad de recoger firmas para inscribir su partido|date = 22 September 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://identidadcolectiva.com.ar/elecciones-en-peru-situacion-politica-y-principales-candidatos/|title = Elecciones en Perú, situación política y principales candidatos – Identidad Colectiva}} to left-wing}}{{Cite web|url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/perus-yearslong-political-crisis-shows-little-sign-easing|title = Peru's Yearslong Political Crisis Shows Little Sign of Easing|date = 21 May 2024}}
| foundation = 22 May 2017
| seats1_title = Congress
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|130|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}}
| seats2_title = Governorships
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|25|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}}
| seats3_title = Regional Councillors
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|8|274|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}}
| seats4_title = Province Mayorships
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|4|196|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}}
| seats5_title = District Mayorships
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|39|1874|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}}
| website = [https://veronikamendoza.pe/ veronikamendoza.pe]
| country = Peru
}}
Together for Peru ({{langx|es|Juntos por el Perú}}) is a Peruvian centre-left to left-wing political coalition founded with the incumbent registration of the Peruvian Humanist Party.{{Cite web|date=May 2020|title=Juntos por el Perú|url=https://reformaspoliticas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Estatuto-JP.pdf|website=Together for Peru}}
Formally a registered political party, the coalition participated in the 2021 general election with New Peru's leader, Verónika Mendoza, as presidential nominee. In the aftermath of the unsuccessful presidential run, the coalition endorsed Pedro Castillo's nomination in the runoff against Keiko Fujimori.
Upon the proclamation of Castillo's victory, Together for Peru was invited to join the new left-wing government led by Free Peru. Currently, the coalition sits as a junior member of Castillo's administration by holding two cabinet positions, the most prominent being the Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism, occupied by the coalition's president, Roberto Sánchez Palomino.
History
The Together for Peru coalition was founded in 2017 and officially registered as a party by changing the name of the Peruvian Humanist Party instead of registering all of the parties, thus informally composing the union.{{Cite web|publisher=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. Editora Peru|title=Nace nuevo partido de izquierda Juntos por el Perú|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-nace-nuevo-partido-izquierda-juntos-por-peru-667782.aspx|website=andina.pe|date=21 May 2017 }} Alongside Broad Front, both coalitions remain the largest active left-wing coalitions in Peru
= 2020 snap congressional elections =
At the legislative elections held on 26 January 2020, the party won 4.8% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic.{{Cite web|publisher=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. Editora Peru|title=Juntos por el Perú y otros 11 partidos no pasarán la valla, al 99.09 % del conteo de ONPE|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-juntos-por-peru-y-otros-11-partidos-no-pasaran-valla-al-9909-del-conteo-onpe-783181.aspx|website=andina.pe|date=29 January 2020 }} Although, the first projections gave the coalition approximately 5.0% within the margin of error, the party failed to get past the electoral threshold in order to attain representation.{{Cite web|title=Boca de urna: Estas serían las nuevas bancadas del Congreso|url=http://www.elperuano.pe/noticia-boca-urna-estas-serian-nuevas-bancadas-del-congreso-89096.aspx|website=elperuano.pe}} In this election, the coalition ran allied informally with the New Peru party led by Verónika Mendoza, as the latter organization did not meet the requirements for party registration.{{Cite web|publisher=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. Editora Peru|title=Nuevo Perú y Juntos por el Perú postularán al Congreso en alianza electoral|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-nuevo-peru-y-juntos-por-peru-postularan-al-congreso-alianza-electoral-771660.aspx|website=andina.pe|date=November 2019 }}{{Cite web|title=Nuevo Perú va con Juntos por el Perú a elecciones de enero 2020|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/2019/11/02/nuevo-peru-juntos-por-el-peru-elecciones-enero-2020-jurado-nacional-de-elecciones-peru-libre-vladimir-cerron-veronika-mendoza/|website=larepublica.pe|date=2 November 2019}}
= 2021 general elections =
For the 2021 general election, the coalition chose Verónika Mendoza to run in presidential elections, partnering again with New Peru.{{Cite web|date=4 November 2020|title=Elecciones 2021: Verónika Mendoza lanzó precandidatura en Cusco|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-elecciones-2021-veronika-mendoza-lanzo-precandidatura-cusco-820333.aspx|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Andina|language=es}} For congress, the coalition had 130 individuals selected to participate, with the leader Roberto Sánchez choosing to run for being the congressman of Lima.{{Cite web|title=Juntos por el Perú confirmó que ya definió su lista de precandidatos al Congreso|url=https://canaln.pe/actualidad/juntos-peru-confirmo-que-ya-definio-su-lista-precandidatos-al-congreso-n426995|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Canal N|date=30 October 2020 |language=es}} Together for Peru also proposed the inclusion of a referendum in the elections to ask Peruvians if they want a new constitution.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Nicolas|date=2 December 2020|title="This Impeachment Basically Amounts to a Coup"|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/impeachment-coup-congress-peru-protest-veronika-mendoza-interview|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Jacobin|language=en-US}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=November 2023}} Eventually, Mendoza placed sixth in the election with 7.9% of the popular vote.{{Cite web|last=La República|first=Política|date=2021-02-25|title=Verónika Mendoza: perfil de la candidata presidencial de Juntos por el Perú|url=https://larepublica.pe/elecciones/2021/01/26/veronika-mendoza-perfil-de-la-candidata-presidencial-de-juntos-por-el-peru-evat-pltc/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=larepublica.pe|language=es}}{{Cite web|last=RPP Noticias|first=Redacción|date=2021-04-11|title=Verónika Mendoza: perfil de la candidata presidencial de Juntos por el Perú|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/elecciones/veronika-mendoza-el-pueblo-peruano-ha-hablado-a-traves-del-voto-escuchamos-y-respetamos-su-voz-noticia-1331035|access-date=2021-04-18|website=rpp.pe|language=es}}{{Cite news|date=2021-04-14|title=Conteo rápido Ipsos al 100% de Elecciones 2021: Pedro Castillo y Keiko Fujimori disputarían segunda vuelta de Elecciones Generales de Perú del 2021 {{!}} Perú Libre {{!}} Fuerza Popular {{!}} Ganadores {{!}} Lima {{!}} Callao {{!}} Departamentos {{!}} Regiones {{!}} presidente {{!}} congresistas {{!}} Resultados Elecciones 2021 {{!}} pandemia Covid-19 {{!}} Presidente del Perú {{!}} Congreso {{!}} Parlamento Andino {{!}} {{!}} Elecciones-2021|url=https://elcomercio.pe/elecciones-2021/flash-electoral-de-elecciones-2021-sigue-en-vivo-los-resultados-ipsos-a-boca-de-urna-de-las-elecciones-generales-de-peru-del-2021-conteo-rapido-ganadores-en-lima-callao-y-departamentos-regiones-del-peru-nuevo-presidente-y-congresistas-resultados-elecciones-2021-pandemia-de-covid-19-presidente-del-peru-congreso-de-la-republica-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-24|newspaper=El Comercio|language=es}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Flash electoral {{!}} Ipsos resultados boca de urna {{!}} Conteo rápido {{!}} Elecciones generales de Perú de 2021 {{!}} ganadores segunda vuelta {{!}} Candidatos presidenciales {{!}} Peru|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/peru/flash-electoral-ipsos-resultados-boca-de-urna-conteo-rapido-elecciones-generales-de-peru-de-2021-ganadores-segunda-vuelta-candidatos-presidenciales-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Correo|language=es}} Her loss in support throughout the campaign is widely credited to Pedro Castillo and Yonhy Lescano's voting share in the south of Peru, a traditional stronghold for the Peruvian left.{{Cite web|last=El Montonero|first=Iván Arenas|date=2021-03-23|title=¿La división de la izquierda electoral?|url=https://elmontonero.pe/columnas/la-division-de-la-izquierda-electoral|access-date=2021-04-18|website=elmontonero.pe|language=es}} However, in the congressional election, the coalition won 6.6% of the popular vote and gained 5 seats in Congress.
National Executive Committee
The national executive committee is headed by Roberto Sánchez, from the Humanist Party, the secretary for Political Affairs is César Barrera, from the Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland, and that of Trade Union Affairs is Carmela Sifuentes from the Peruvian Communist Party, in addition to six political personalities independent, regional and local leaders, youth, professionals, feminist leaders and union activists.
Among the party's best-known members is former Health Minister Óscar Ugarte.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-18|title=Elecciones 2020: Óscar Ugarte inscribió lista de candidatos de Juntos por el Perú {{!}} Politica|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/politica/elecciones-2020-oscar-ugarte-inscribio-lista-de-candidatos-de-juntos-por-el-peru-exministro-salud-924100/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Correo|language=es}}
Ideology and positions
Together for Peru groups a broad part of the Peruvian left-wing parties that believe that neoliberalism resulted with poverty and inequality in Peru. Overall, Together for Peru leans towards democratic socialism according to EFE.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-27|title=¿Quién es quién en el nuevo Congreso peruano?|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20200127/473175408637/quien-es-quien-en-el-nuevo-congreso-peruano.html|access-date=2020-12-04|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}} They describe their principles as ensuring equality and equity of all Peruvians, calling for a multicultural society, respecting nature through sustainability and improving tolerance among social groups. The coalition promotes the decentralization of the national government and seeks regional governments to have more authority to increase citizen representation.
Some of the party members consider that Venezuela "is not governed by a dictatorship," taking pro-Maduro positions.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-24|title=Arturo Ayala, candidato al Congreso por Juntos por el Perú, opina que en Venezuela 'no hay una dictadura' {{!}} VIDEO {{!}} ACTUALIDAD|url=https://trome.pe/actualidad/arturo-ayala-candidato-de-juntos-por-el-peru-venezuela-no-hay-dictadura-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Trome|language=es}}{{Cite news|date=2020-01-24|title=Julio Arbizu niega que Venezuela haya estado regida bajo una dictadura|url=https://www.expreso.com.pe/politica/julio-arbizu-niega-que-venezuela-haya-estado-regida-bajo-una-dictadura/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Diario Expreso|author1=Redactor_Ap }}{{Cite news|date=2020-01-22|title=Lucía Alvites: candidata de Juntos por el Perú integra movimiento castrochavista|url=https://www.expreso.com.pe/elecciones-2020/lucia-alvites-candidata-de-juntos-por-el-peru-integra-movimiento-castrochavista/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Diario Expreso|author1=Redactor_Ap }} However, in particular Verónika Mendoza, leader of New Peru, has expressed: Yes, I can say that Venezuela is a dictatorship. Although I recognize that in New Peru there are different stances.{{Cite web|last=Cruz|first=Yohel|date=2018-02-25|title=Verónika Mendoza dijo que Venezuela es una dictadura y criticó a Nicolás Maduro|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/actualidad/veronika-mendoza-dijo-que-venezuela-es-una-dictadura-y-critico-a-nicolas-maduro-noticia-1107157|access-date=2021-05-13|website=RPP|language=es}} Likewise, Mendoza has declared that "our solidarity is not with Maduro, but with Venezuelans."{{cite news |title=Mendoza: Nuestra solidaridad no es con Maduro, sino con los venezolanos en crisis |url=https://exitosanoticias.pe/v1/mendoza-maduro-venezolanos/?noamp=available |access-date=21 November 2021 |agency=Exitosa}}
Its symbol has red lettering representing Peru's national color and the color of leftist parties while the green represents nature and life.
Members of Together for Peru
=Current member parties<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 May 2017|title=Nace nuevo partido de izquierda Juntos por el Perú|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-nace-nuevo-partido-izquierda-juntos-por-peru-667782.aspx|publisher=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. Editora Peru|website=andina.pe}}</ref>=
=Former member parties=
Election results
= Presidential election =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year ! colspan="2" |Candidate !Coalition !Votes !Percentage !Outcome !Result |
| 2021
| Together for Peru |1,132,577 |{{Percentage bar|7.86|7.86|5cbe12}} |6th |Lost {{N}} |
|---|
= Congressional elections =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Votes !% !Seats !{{Increase}}/{{Decrease}} !Position |
| 2020
|710,462 |4.80 |{{Composition bar|0|130|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}} |{{steady}} |{{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
|---|
| 2021
|847,570 |6.59 |{{Composition bar|5|130|{{party color|Together for Peru}}}} |{{Increase}} 5 |{{no2|Opposition}} |
= Regional and municipal elections =
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year !Regional government !Provincial mayors !District mayors |
| Outcome
!Outcome !Outcome |
|---|
| 2018
|{{Composition bar|0|25|#5cbe12}} |{{Composition bar|0|196|#5cbe12}} |{{Composition bar|10|1874|#5cbe12}} |