First the People

In September 2022, Miguel del Castillo, Manuel Ato and Marco Zevalllos decided to found the political party First the People, a project that was later joined by congresswoman Susel Paredes, one of the three legislators elected by the Purple Party in 2021 and a member of the Fuerza Ciudadana party. Later, the Vamos Pueblo movement led by Marco Sipán was incorporated with bases in the northern mountains, Lima Provinces and the southern mountains, in 2024 the Convergencia collective led by the former director of the Naciones Unidas Luis Thais and the Innovadores Perú movement led by the evangelical leader Marcelino Salazar were incorporated with bases throughout Peru.

On 11 September 2022, the application for electoral registration is submitted to the National Elections Jury (JNE), which is granted on July 5 of the following year.

In February 2023, First the People joins the Peruvian Humanist Party, led by former Prime Minister Yehude Simon. The PHP was founded in 2001 and gave up its electoral registration in 2017 in favor of the left-wing coalition Together for Peru, from which it withdrew in December 2021.

In August 2023, a faction of the PHP decided to withdraw from First the People and obtain its own registration with the JNE. Athough many former militants of the PHP maintained their membership in PLG.

In March 2024, Congresswoman Flor Pablo, PM-elected like Paredes, co-led the creation of the political party Lo Justo por el Perú with Marisol Pérez Tello (former general secretary of the PPC). Figures such as Daniel Olivares and Alberto de Belaúnde, former congressmen for the Purple Party (2020-2021), joined the ranks of Lo Justo. Finally, the group gave up seeking registration with the JNE and joined First the People in June 2024.

The PLG party had parliamentary representation until 2026, wtih Congresswomen Susel Paredes and Flor Pablo serving into the People's Democratic Bloc.

In 2025, PLG announced an alliance with Ahora Nación, Salvemos al Perú and the Workers and Entrepreneurs Party where Alfonso López-Chau would be the presidential candidate. However, after internal disagreements, said alliance was dissolved; In July, the party joins with the Workers and Entrepreneurs Party to form the "Front of Workers and Entrepreneurs", however, after internal disagreements within the Workers and Entrepreneurs Party, the party ended said alliance, announcing that they would participate independently.

Finally, the party elected Marisol Pérez Tello as its presidential candidate, accompanied by Raúl Molina and Manuel Ato as first and second vice presidents. Marisol Pérez Tello finished 8th with 3.41% of votes.

The party was described as progressive-liberal. While there are many currents within the party, the predominant ones are those that promote free markets, feminism, and gender identity.