Let's Go Peru

Let's Go Peru
Vamos Perú
Let's Go Peru Vamos Perú
Abbreviation	VP
President	Juan Sotomayor
Founded	27 September 2013
Dissolved	7 September 2021
Headquarters	Lima, Peru
Membership (2020)	27,758
Ideology	Social democracy ; Populism ; Humanism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colors	Salmon red
Seats in the Congress	0 / 130
Governorships	0 / 25
Regional Councillors	1 / 274
Province Mayorships	2 / 196
District Mayorships	2 / 1,874
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Last updated January 27, 2024

Let's Go Peru (Spanish : Vamos Perú; VP) was a centre-left and social democratic Peruvian political party. Headquartered in Lima, the party mainly operated in the Callao.^[1]

History

Founded in mid-2013 by former Mayor of Callao, Juan Sotomayor, he currently serves a 36 preventive prison sentence as he awaits trial after being syndicated as the head of the Rich Port II organization, dedicated to the collection of ghost payroll members to the detriment of the Callao Public Cleaning Services company. The organization is also accused of being the author of the alleged crime against property and extortion to the detriment of the ESLIMP-CALLAO (Municipal Private Law Company). The Callao Provincial Attorney for Organized Crime ordered Sotomayor's pretrial detention along other members of the party.^[2] Sotomayor was first elected provincial mayor in 2010 for the Chim Pum Callao Regional Movement led by former Governor of Callao, Alex Kouri, and ran for reelection in 2014 with the newly-founded party in alliance with Kouri's regional organization.^[3]

At the start of Sotomayor's second term, the party became part of the Popular Alliance coalition alongside the social-democratic Peruvian Aprista Party and the christian democratic Christian People's Party, for the 2016 general election.^[4]^[5] The coalition's presidential nominee, former President Alan García, placed fifth with 5.8% of the popular vote, while the coalition attained 8.3% at congressional level, winning 5 seats going to the APRA only and the coalition was dissolved.^[6]

At the legislative elections held on 26 January 2020, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic.^[7]

In the 2021 general elections, the party was going to run with former Congressman Virgilio Acuña, the brother of Cesar Acuña as the candidate, but on November 19, 2020, the National Elections Jury rejected his registration.^[8]

As the party did not take part of the general election, the National Jury of Elections cancelled the party's registration in September 2021. The party dissolved following the registration cancellation.^[9]

Election results

Presidential election

Year	Candidate		Party / Coalition	Votes	Percentage	Outcome
2016	Alan García		Popular Alliance PAP-PPC-VP	894 278	5.83	5th

Elections to the Congress of the Republic

Year	Votes	%	Seats	/	Position
2016	1 013 735	8.3% as part of Popular Alliance. None from Let's Go Peru	5 / 130		N/A
2020	311 413	2.1%	0 / 130		N/A

Regional and municipal elections

Year	Gobiernos Regionales	Alcaldías Provinciales	Alcaldías Distritales
Year	Outcome	Outcome	Outcome
2014	0 / 25	0 / 196	6 / 1,874
2018	0 / 25	2 / 196	10 / 1,874

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References

↑ Political Party Database Project, PPDB. "Estatuto del Partido Político Vamos Perú" (PDF). politicalpartydb.org.
↑ Ilustración Peruana, Caretas (25 January 2020). "Juan Sotomayor, exalcalde del Callao, es detenido por estar acusado de ser el líder de una red criminal". caretas.pe.
↑ PERÚ, Gestión (23 February 2020). "Juan Sotomayor y Víctor Albrecht cumplirán 36 meses de prisión preventiva". gestion.pe.
↑ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Apra y PPC inscriben coalición denominada Alianza Popular". andina.pe.
↑ PERÚ, Gestión (7 January 2016). "JNE valida inscripción de alianza electoral que postulará a Alan García". gestion.pe.
↑ PERÚ, El Comercio (13 April 2016). "Alianza Popular quedó disuelta, confirma dirigente aprista". elcomercio.pe.
↑ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "11 partidos no pasarán la valla, al 99.09 % del conteo de ONPE". andina.pe.
↑ LR, Redacción (2020-11-20). "JNE rechaza inscripción de Virgilio Acuña para las internas de Vamos Perú PLTC". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-10.
↑ JNE, Nota de Prensa (2021-09-08). "ROP DEL JNE CANCELÓ LA INSCRIPCIÓN DE 15 PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS". jne.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-05.

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[1] Political Party Database Project, PPDB. "Estatuto del Partido Político Vamos Perú" (PDF). politicalpartydb.org.

[2] Ilustración Peruana, Caretas (25 January 2020). "Juan Sotomayor, exalcalde del Callao, es detenido por estar acusado de ser el líder de una red criminal". caretas.pe.

[3] PERÚ, Gestión (23 February 2020). "Juan Sotomayor y Víctor Albrecht cumplirán 36 meses de prisión preventiva". gestion.pe.

[4] PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Apra y PPC inscriben coalición denominada Alianza Popular". andina.pe.

[5] PERÚ, Gestión (7 January 2016). "JNE valida inscripción de alianza electoral que postulará a Alan García". gestion.pe.

[6] PERÚ, El Comercio (13 April 2016). "Alianza Popular quedó disuelta, confirma dirigente aprista". elcomercio.pe.

[7] PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "11 partidos no pasarán la valla, al 99.09 % del conteo de ONPE". andina.pe.

[8] LR, Redacción (2020-11-20). "JNE rechaza inscripción de Virgilio Acuña para las internas de Vamos Perú PLTC". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-10.

[9] JNE, Nota de Prensa (2021-09-08). "ROP DEL JNE CANCELÓ LA INSCRIPCIÓN DE 15 PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS". jne.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-05.

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Parliamentary parties	Alliance for Progress Free Peru Go on Country Podemos Perú Popular Action Popular Force Popular Renewal (formerly National Solidarity) Purple Party Together for Peru (formerly Peruvian Humanist Party) We Are Peru
Extra-parliamentary parties	Agricultural People's Front National Alliance of Workers, Farmers, University Students, and Reservists Democratic Green Party Faith in Peru Front of Hope 2021 Let's Save Peru Modern Peru Patriotic Party of Peru The People First – Community, Ecology, Liberty, and Progress People's Liberty Peruvian Aprista Party Peru Action (formerly Peru Nation) Peru First PRIN Political Party United Peru Democratic Party
Parties in process of registering	I Believe Party Christian People's Party New Peru People's Voices Unity and Peace Party Workers and Entrepreneurs Party Works Civic Party
Parties without registration	Christian Democratic Party Citizen Force Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland Democratic Alliance Make Country Militarized Communist Party of Peru Movement for Socialism Peru Secure Homeland (formerly Cambio 90) Peruvian Communist Party Socialist Party
Active coalitions	Together for Peru (incl. Peruvian Humanist Party, Peruvian Communist Party, Movement for Socialism)
Defunct parties	Advancing All for Peru All for Victory And It's Called Peru Broad Front (incl. Land and Freedom, Sowing Movement) Contigo (formerly Peruvians for Change) Decentralist Social Force Party Democratic Force Democratic Reconstruction Direct Democracy Forward Hayist Bases Movement Hope Front Independent Moralizing Front Independent Patriotic Legion Justice, Technology, and Ecology Let's Go Peru Let's Make Progress Peru Liberty Movement National Awakening National Force National Justice National Renewal National United Renaissance National Victory (formerly National Restoration) New Left Movement New Majority Odriist National Union Order Peru Progressing Peru Now Peruvian Nationalist Party Peruvian Resurgence Possible Peru Project Country Radical Change Revolutionary Union Sí Cumple Union for Peru With Force Peru Youth Independent Movement
Former coalitions	Alliance for the Future (2006) Alliance for the Great Change (2011) Alliance for the Progress of Peru (2016) APRA-UNO Coalition (1963-1968) Avancemos (2000) Center Front (2006) Cambio 90 – New Majority (1995-2000, 2001-2006) Decentralization Coalition (2006) FREDEMO (1990) National Democratic Front (1945) National Front of Workers and Peasants National Solidarity Alliance (2011) National Unity (2001, 2006) People's Solution (2001) Popular Alliance (2016) Possible Peru Alliance (2011) Peru Wins (2011) Peru 2000 (2000)
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