The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, at a performance on Tuesday. Paolo Aguilar (EFE)
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has been in office for a month and a half and verges on disapproving of her predecessor Pedro Castillo. This shows a survey conducted by the firm CID-Gallup between January 3 and 19, 2023 amid a political crisis and amid the social outburst that began on December 7 after the ex-president’s failed pledge. Coup attempt, today in custody. The survey published this Wednesday afternoon shows that 71% of those questioned disapprove of Boluarte’s management and have not managed to gain support among Peruvians. 83% do not feel represented by her, with young people between 18 and 24 identifying least with the manager.
The study also shows that “67% agree that Boluarte almost never or never does what is best for people” and only 9% approved of its performance in terms of safety. Since the protests began, more than 50 people have died in clashes with the police and military, especially in the southern provinces. Castillo’s high level of unpopularity, which reached 76 percent last September, dragged the president into office, but the negative record, explains CID-Gallup, “is partly explained by the fact that 76 percent think it’s unlikely or not at all likely.” Boluarte solves their family worries”.
To this must be added two important dates that coincide with the division between urban areas, especially Lima, and the rest of the country, starting with the southern departments. “The groups most opposed to Boluarte are those living in the interior (78%), people under the age of 40 (74-77%) and those who reported a worse economic situation in the last year (76%). ‘ collects the poll conducted as part of the periodic polling program that Gallup launched in Central America in 1979.
The big political pulse underlying the protests has to do with the elections. Following the firing and arrest of Pedro Castillo for rebellion, protesters mobilized to demand the resignation of the current President and the dissolution of Congress. The debate revolves around bringing forward the elections, originally scheduled for 2026 and finalized by lawmakers for April 2024. According to the survey, 63% agree to an early implementation or expressly agree, 34% oppose this option.
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