Castillo survived his first year as president because his left-populist guise as a rural teacher and union leader was of use to the ruling class in containing an emerging movement of the working class.
Peru s President Pedro Castillo Terrones has resigned from Perú Libre, the party under which he ran for office and beat Keiko Fujimori s Fuerza Popular in last year s runoff. Castillo s enrolment as a party member dated from Sept. 30, 2020.
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18:41 | Lima, Jul. 19. I announce that, in compliance with the commitments I assumed with all Peruvians, with Mario Vargas Llosa and the international community, I am going to recognize the results because it is what the law and the constitution which I have sworn to defend mandate, she said at a press conference in the presence of her supporters.
Fujimori affirmed that she has made her view clear in the face of the imminent and illegitimate proclamation of Pedro Castillo.
Electoral process
As is known, 25,287,954 Peruvians in the country and abroad were called to elect a new President of the Republic between candidates Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Castillo in the runoff election on June 6. Whoever wins the election will become President Francisco Sagasti s successor and take office on July 28, 2021.
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