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Carlos Álvarez Declines Montesinos Questions, Insists on Privacy as Support Nears 6%

Recent interviews leave his plan for a same‑sex union law unclear despite vows to reject discrimination.

Overview

  • In new media appearances, the País para Todos candidate refused to comment on Alfredo Benavides’s claim that Vladimiro Montesinos approved his past TV programs.
  • Álvarez said he is not in any closet and asked for respect for his private life, telling interviewer Rosa María Palacios, “I am what I am and I don’t ask excuses for that.”
  • On LGBTQ rights, he voiced opposition to discrimination; Caretas reports he would leave any same‑sex union push to Congress, while La República quotes him saying he would see to it Congress promotes such a law.
  • A Datum survey for América TV places his voting intention at 6.0%, keeping him close to Alfonso López Chau in a competitive, fractured race.
  • Framing himself as a political outsider, he says he aims to “pacify Peru” and restore dignity to state institutions, and he maintains he will not turn his private life into a campaign issue unless electoral authorities require disclosures.