CPI: 80.2% say they are in favor of postponing the general election to 2023.

According to the latest survey conducted ICC presented exclusively on RPP News.

Support for this initiative has increased by almost 10% compared to another survey conducted by ICC at the end of January of this year, when 70.9% of those polled thought it was better for the country to advance in the elections.

Broken down by preference levels, 69.4% of Lima and Callao residents agree that promote elections for this year, while in the interior of the country 86.7% think so.

18.1% of those polled said they were against the measure, with much opposition in Lima and Callao (29.6%) and disagreement with 11.2% of those polled in the rest of the country.

He early election Generals have been the demand of the majority of the population since the beginning of the social and political crisis that the country has been going through since December 2022 after the accession to the presidency of Dina Boluarte after the failed coup d’état carried out by the now imprisoned Pedro Castillo. The initiative to hold elections early was trapped in the Congress of the Republic for three months, from where the opinion on this issue was returned to the Constitutional Commission.

Constituent Assembly, re-election of congressmen and bicameralism

review ICC He also inquired about the opinion of the Peruvians on the convening of the Constituent Assembly, changes in the current Magna Carta and political reforms.

56.1% (44.8% in Lima and Callao and 62.8% in other regions of the country) were in favor of convening a Constituent Assembly. 35.2% (45.2% in Lima and Callao and 29.3% in the interior) were against the initiative.

In terms of changes to be made to Peru’s current Political Constitution “as a matter of priority”, 24% of those polled indicated that changes should be made “on economic issues”, while 23.8% said that promotion of general elections should be included. , for this year in the reforms.

23.7% were in favor of making changes to the justice system, while 23.1% indicated that it would be better to change the entire constitution.

A smaller number of citizens spoke in favor of political reforms (6.2%), the immediate re-election of congressmen (5%), the introduction of bicameralism (disputed chambers and senators) (3.5%), reforms in education (3%). ), health care reforms (2.1%), labor reforms (2%) and sweeping crime laws (1.6%)

In addition, 74.2% of those polled said they oppose the immediate re-election of congressmen, and only 22.6% supported this initiative. Regarding the proposal to return to bicameralism, 59.5% were against, and 27.1% were in favor.

Support for Potential Presidential Candidates

When asked about the characters they would consider a possible “good president of Peru” if general election, respondents supported: Rafael López Allaga (8.2%), Hernando de Soto (5.1%), Antauro Humala (3.7%), Keiko Fujimori (3.1%), Martin Vizcarra (2.3%) , Pedro Castillo (2.2%), Francisco Sagasti. (2.1%), Veronica Mendoza (2%), Alvaro Paz de la Barra (1.6%) and Anibal Torres (1%). The majority does not specify who they will vote for (46.5%), while 16.9% said they would not support any candidate.