Overview
- Sánchez, the Juntos por el Perú presidential candidate, is presenting himself as Castillo’s political heir while rivals and commentators question that framing.
- In a new interview, Congressman Alex Flores said Sánchez betrayed Castillo by quitting the Cabinet during the December 2022 breakdown and abstaining in the congressional removal vote, which is the impeachment-style process in Peru.
- A Correo column, citing reporting in Hildebrandt en sus 13, says Sánchez told prosecutors he was in “total disagreement” with the constitutional break two days after it happened, a stance critics cite as evidence he distanced himself from Castillo.
- Coverage also notes that Sánchez adopts Castillo-era symbols such as a Cajamarca-style hat, and party founder Yehude Simon argues he is borrowing Castillo’s identity to woo rural and poor voters.
- Opinion writers further fault Sánchez’s record as minister and lawmaker as thin on gains for low-income Peruvians and link his early dissent to his absence from the prosecutions that later brought first-instance convictions for Castillo and several ex-ministers.