The issue of corruption in the government plans submitted by candidates for the Municipality of Lima 2018

Ramos E.C. · Doxa Comunicacion (2022) · DOI: 10.31921/doxacom.n35a901

Resumen

This article seeks to analyse the way in which the Lima mayoral candidates present, mention, or approach the issue of corruption in their government plans presented to the National Jury of Elections. The plans of the three main candidates to the mayoral office of Lima will be analysed according to opinion polls using the method of content analysis. In the government plans presented to the electoral authority, corruption and the relevant topics have been segmented. It was found that the candidates did not place much importance on the issue of corruption, even though it is considered one of the main problems for Lima’s populace. Upon scrutiny, a declarative logic with little real argumentation is observed. There is however a certain recurrence to speeches that implicitly disrupt the understanding of the tolerance to corruption and, the understanding of the fight against corruption as a war, which invites us to latently reflect on the reason for the recurrence of these speeches, and their use by candidates.

Instituciones: Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya