The mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliagahe avoided on Monday to confirm if he will finally resign from the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML) to formalize your postulation to the presidency in the general elections of 2026.
The burgomaster was approached by the press during the supervision of the progress of the work of the new bypass Las Torres, located at the crossroads of the Ramiro Prialé highway with Las Torres Avenue, in the district of Lurigancho-Chosica.
“It is my personal life and I will see what I do with my life. I am as mayor inspecting the work. (…) You ask so much that it seems insult. I already answered in a good way that I continue working as mayor. I will see what I do with my life. It’s my life, not his,” he said.
A journalist mentioned the electoral schedule and the pending definitions in his management, to which the mayor replied that “there are a lot of works” scheduled for this year and the next. “Investment shock are 5 billion soles, at least, it is silver that we have recovered it from corruption (…),” he added.
Regarding the uncertainty generated by a possible resignation, he reiterated that it is a personal decision that will evaluate in solitude: “It depends on my life, because my life is not at stake. I have to clearly define what I am going to do in the coming years of my life. Such a personal topic I reserve for my life,” he concluded.
The Municipal Company to Support Strategic Projects (EMAPE) Execute the work that includes access ramps, containment walls, sardineles, road signaling, lifeguards and captafers to improve the safety of drivers and passengers.
The Bypass the Towers is part of the MML plan to improve connectivity in the east lime, together with the expansion of 4 kilometers of the Ramiro Prialé Highway. According to the commune, these actions will reduce travel times between Lima and Chosica, will facilitate access to Huachipa and decongest the central highway.
In the same press conference, López Aliaga He spoke about the results of the latest survey of Ipsos Peruwhere the first of intention to vote with 10%, surpassing the Popular Force leader, Keiko Fujimori (8%), and the comedian Carlos Álvarez (6%).
The burgomaster fell importance to its position in the survey and questioned the response of the pollster. “I have not learned about the subject, I am in other things, but I don’t believe anything to Ipsos,” he said.
Then, he recalled the 2021 elections, when he obtained third place with 11.75%of the votes, behind Pedro Castillo (18.92%) and Fujimori (13.40%), who advanced to the second round. Despite his strong media presence and conservative speech, he failed to advance in that contest.
“I don’t know if you remember that a few weeks before the elections, they took out a headline saying that I was in number 7 or 8, and that baffled many people,” he told the journalist who consulted him. Although his intention to vote increased six points since January 2025, López Aliaga avoided giving importance to the result. “I do not believe in surveys, I work and already”He continued.
