Civic Party OBRAS

Civic Party OBRAS Partido Cívico OBRAS
Abbreviation	OBRAS
President	Ricardo Belmont
General Secretary	Daniel Barragán [es]
Founder	Ricardo Belmont
Founded	8 July 1989 (1989-07-08)
Registered	15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)
Membership (2026)	43,265
Ideology	Populism Nationalism Social conservatism[citation needed] Anti-Fujimorism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colours	Dark green
Chamber of Deputies	15 / 130
Senate	5 / 60
Andean Parliament	1 / 5
Governorships	0 / 25
Regional Councillors	0 / 274
Province Mayorships	0 / 196
District Mayorships	0 / 1,874
Website
partidopoliticocivicoobras.com
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The Civic Party OBRAS (Spanish: Partido Cívico OBRAS; lit. 'Works'), formerly known as the Independent Civic Movement OBRAS (Spanish: Movimiento Cívico Independiente OBRAS), is a Peruvian centre-left nationalist political party founded on 9 July 1989 and currently led by Ricardo Belmont.

After the 1995 general election, the party did not participate in any elections and consequently lost its registration. However, after completing the re-registration process, OBRAS regained its electability on 15 July 2024.

History

Belmont was his OBRAS party's candidate in the 1995 presidential election, but received only 2% of the vote. In the Congress of the Republic, OBRAS won two seats out of 120.

In the 2006 general election, Belmont was an independent candidate on the Centre Front list of Valentín Paniagua, but failed to secure a seat. However, in 2009, he entered Congress as a replacement following the death of congressman Alberto Andrade, the former mayor of Lima.

In 2015, OBRAS formed an alliance with the Siempre Unidos [es] party, and in 2016 with Peru Secure Homeland, with the aim of participating in the 2016 presidential election; however, this alliance ended with the withdrawal of candidate Renzo Reggiardo.

In the 2018 Lima municipal election, OBRAS ran within the Libertarian Peru (PL) party, with Belmont as the mayoral candidate, receiving 3.89% of the vote.

In 2020, Belmont and his movement joined the ethnocacerist Union for Peru, becoming the number one candidate on the Lima UPP list in the snap congressional election.

That same year, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belmont began organizing COVID-19 denialist marches and promoting anti-vaccination slogans such as "Every vaccine you take [...] could make you infertile."

In 2021, Belmont again allied with Free Peru, becoming an adviser to President Pedro Castillo. Despite the fact that a week before his appointment, Belmont described Castillo as "another one of those who ends up in jail or gets rich and flees the country."

In July 2024, the party was re-registered with the National Jury of Elections to participate in the next general election.

Belmont, the party leader, has become OBRAS's presidential candidate for the 2026 election. In his campaign, Belmont typically wears a Spartan warrior helmet, and his supporters refer to themselves as "Spartans".

During Belmont's OBRAS campaign, the party adopted some ideas from the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former President of Mexico, such as the "Abrazos, no balazos" policy and the implementation of a government conference system similar to "Las Mañaneras del Pueblo [es]" as its main proposals

Election results

Presidential

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
1995	Ricardo Belmont	192,261	2.58	—N/a		Lost N
2000	Did not participate
2001	Fernando Olivera (FIM)	1,044,207	9.85	—N/a		Lost N
2006	Valentín Paniagua (FC)	706,156	5.75	—N/a		Lost N
2011	Did not participate
2016	Renzo Reggiardo (PPS)	Withdrawn				Lost N
2021	José Vega (UPP)	101,267	0.70	—N/a		Lost N
2026	Ricardo Belmont	1,698,903	10.15	—N/a		Lost N

Congressional

Unicameral Congress of the Republic

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Rank	Government
1995	Ricardo Belmont	87,252	2.00	2 / 120		9th	Opposition
2000		Did not participate
2001		1,034,672 (FIM)	10.98 (FIM)	0 / 120		4th (FIM)	Extra-parliamentary
2006		760,261 (FC)	7.07 (FC)	0 / 120		5th (FIM)	Extra-parliamentary
2011		Did not participate
2016
2020
2021		266,349 (UPP)	2.07 (UPP)	0 / 130		13 (FC)	Extra-parliamentary

Chamber of Deputies

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Rank	Government
2026	Ricardo Belmont	1,199,888	8.32	14 / 130	14	6th	Opposition

Senate

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Rank	Government
2026	Ricardo Belmont	1,307,340	8.84	5 / 60		5th	Opposition

Andean Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Rank
2026	Ricardo Belmont	1,274,086	9.52	1 / 5	1	6th

References