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Peru vote review continues
By AFP Published: Jun 27, 2021 06:08 PM
Supporters of the Peruvian left-wing presidential candidate, Pedro Castillo, protest in front of the National Jury of Elections building in Lima on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
A panel overseeing challenges to Peru s messy presidential election three weeks ago and declaring a winner got back to work Saturday after a pause forced by the departure of one of its members.
Indeed, Peruvians are still waiting for a new president to be proclaimed from the June 6 election.
Leftist Pedro Castillo took a majority of votes, according to the unconfirmed count, in an election his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori - charged with corruption in an unrelated scandal - claims was riddled with fraud.
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