BREAKING: After a three-week suspense, Keiko Fujimori elected president of Peru
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The very long suspense ended in Peru. Three weeks after the election, Keiko Fujimori was officially declared on Monday the winner of the second round of the presidential election. Aged 51, this right-wing candidate is credited with 50.13% of the votes, against 49.86% for her left-wing rival Roberto Sanchez, according to the final results published on the website of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE). The transfer of power with the interim president, José Maria Balcazar, is scheduled for July 28 for a five-year mandate.The return of Fujimorism His victory marks the return of Fujimorism to power, more than two decades after the end of the reign of his father Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who governed the country with an iron fist before falling into disgrace, convicted of corruption and crimes against humanity. This second round is one of the closest votes in recent history in Latin America, the final gap between the two rivals being 50,000 votes out of more than 18 million voters. The Fujimori camp was waiting for the victory to be made official, the Fuerza Popular candidate having since last week a lead that her rival could no longer fill. Strong political instability Roberto Sanchez, 57, political heir of the former head of state Pedro Castillo, for his part suggested that he would not recognize the result and is calling for the cancellation of the votes of Peruvians abroad, denouncing irregularities. He also took the lead on Saturday, for the second consecutive weekend, of a march of hundreds of supporters in Lima denouncing “a serious attack on the electoral process”. Our articles on Peru This election was supposed to put an end to the strong political instability in the Andean country, where eight presidents have succeeded each other since 2016, against a backdrop of repeated institutional crises. Keiko Fujimori also admitted to inheriting a country “fragmented” by a polarized campaign and the small difference resulting from the polls in the second round. “We know the country is divided. We have a great responsibility to listen to both sides. The doors to dialogue are open” for Roberto Sanchez and all the political forces in the country, she assured.
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Source: This article was originally published by 20Minutes – Actu Monde and adapted for our international English-speaking audience.
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