Overview
- Supporters and Gen Z–led protesters confronted each other outside the Teatro Fénix as police formed cordons during the candidate’s delayed rally in central Arequipa.
- Reporting described shouting and shoving, including a complaint from an elderly woman who alleged police pushed her to the ground.
- López Aliaga outlined local proposals such as emergency water service for unzoned areas, issuing IDs to fetuses, reallocating half of mining income taxes to impact zones, and adding transport options like cable cars and rail.
- In a press appearance, he alleged that opponents are backed by illegal economies including drug trafficking and money laundering.
- After aides misstated control of the Majes Siguas project—under the agriculture ministry since July 2024—he affirmed confidence in his team; allies Norma Yarrow and Esdras Medina joined the visit as adviser Absalón Vásquez likened his outlook to Alberto Fujimori’s.