The Civic Party OBRAS (; ), formerly known as the Independent Civic Movement 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 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 "" as its main proposals
Election results Presidential Election Candidate First round Second round Result Votes % Votes % 1995 Ricardo Belmont 192,261 2.58 colspan=2 2000Did not participate 2001 Fernando Olivera 1,044,207 9.85 colspan=2 2006 Valentín Paniagua 706,156 5.75 colspan=2 2011Did not participate 2016 Renzo Reggiardo Withdrawn 2021 José Vega 101,267 0.70 colspan=2 2026 Ricardo Belmont 1,698,903 10.15 colspan=2
Congressional Unicameral Congress of the Republic Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank Government1995Ricardo Belmont87,2522.009th 2000Did not participate20011,034,672 10.98 4th 2006760,261 7.07 5th 2011Did not participate 2016 20202021266,349 2.07 13
Chamber of Deputies Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank Government2026Ricardo Belmont1,199,8888.32 14 6th
Senate Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank Government2026Ricardo Belmont1,307,3408.84 5th
Andean Parliament Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank2026Ricardo Belmont1,274,0869.52 1 6th
Regional and municipal elections YearRegional governorsProvincial mayorsDistrict mayorsOutcomeOutcomeOutcome198919932026
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