[9] At the Second Purple Summit (October 14–15, 2017), held in Cusco, with the participation of more than 1,000 national representatives, the presentation of their file for party registration with the corresponding Peruvian body was reported.

[12] On the other hand, Alberto de Belaunde and Gino Costa from the Liberal Bench joined the Purple Party and won respective seats during the extraordinary parliamentary elections of 2020.

Refusing to attend Merino's inauguration, congressman Daniel Olivares plead for the release of arbitrarily detained citizens at police stations, while Guzmán participated in the protests.

On the evening of 15 November 2020, Francisco Sagasti was proposed to run for the First Vice Presidency of Congress in a multiparty list led by leftist congresswoman Rocío Silva-Santisteban (FA).

Choosing former Minister of Education, Flor Pablo, and congressman Francisco Sagasti, as his first and second running mate, his campaign was put on halt as the 2020 Peruvian protests started.

Reports stated Guzmán ultimately accepted the proposal, thus making Sagasti quit the ticket as second running mate in order to assume the presidency until July 2021.

[17] On the primary election held on 29 November 2020, Guzmán was selected as the party's presidential nominee with 77% of the vote, while Carolina Lizárraga placed second with 19.2%, and Alejandro San Martín attained only 3.8%.

The party’s initial three congressional representatives remained ambivalent in the impeachment processes against Pedro Castillo throughout his ill-fated presidency, taking varying stances that caused controversy.