Contigo (political party)

Contigo (Spanish: With you)[3] is a right-wing[4] political party in Peru.

Contigo
PresidentGilbert Violeta
General SecretarySalvador Heresi
FounderPedro Pablo Kuczynski
FoundedMarch 2019
Preceded byPeruvians for Change[1]
IdeologySocial conservatism
Economic liberalism
Political positionRight-wing[2]
Seats in the Congress
0 / 130
Governorships
0 / 25
Regional Councillors
0 / 274
Province Mayorships
2 / 196
District Mayorships
3 / 1,874
Website
http://www.partidocontigo.pe/

In February 2019, Peruanos Por el Kambio (PpK), the party that had led Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to the presidency in 2016, and that in theory, served as the official government party of Martín Vizcarra's government, declared itself in reorganization and announced the creation of a party assembly to evaluate a probable name change. Kuczynski himself presented his irrevocable resignation to the presidency of PpK on February 4, 2019.

Shortly after the announcement of reorganization of the party, nine of the eleven PpK congressmen (the absent were Gilbert Violeta and Juan Sheput) met at the Government Palace with President Vizcarra and the members of the Council of Ministers, and agreed to continue supporting the government. It could be seen that the PpK bench had been divided into two factions: a majority, headed by Jorge Melendez and Sergio Davila, who wanted to continue supporting the government completely; and another, commanded by Violeta and Sheput, supported by what was left of the game, which aimed to break with Vizcarra.

On March 2, 2019, the PPK party assembly agreed to change its name to Contigo. They also made official the admission of Juan Sheput which until then had only been extended an invitation.

References
  1. LR, Redacción (15 August 2019). "Contigo demandará a bancada oficialista a que deje de usar el nombre PpK, según Violeta". La República (in Spanish).
  2. "Un ex ministro peruano quiere formar su propio Vox con una propuesta "realmente progresista"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 30 April 2019.
  3. Silva, Christian (2 March 2019). "Peruanos por el Kambio cambió de nombre: Ahora se llama 'Contigo'" (in Spanish).
  4. "Heresi piensa construir un plan "realmente progresista" como partido ultraderechista Vox". La República (in Spanish). 1 May 2019.


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