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Left Party Voters In Peru Demand Election Results
Supporters of presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gathered in Lima on Saturday to demand authorities rule on the results of the June 6 election.
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Supporters of presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gathered in Lima on Saturday to demand authorities rule on the results of the June 6 election.
Castillo was up against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori in the second round of the country s presidential election last month.
According to the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) official results, Castillo received 50.125% of the votes and Fujimori received 49.875%.
However no winner was declared.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A large group of retired Peruvian military personnel demonstrated this Monday in Lima against the recent presidential election results and in rejection of interim President Francisco Sagasti’s decision to submit a letter suggesting a coup d’état to the Attorney General’s Office.
Retired armed forces expressed discontent with Sagasti’s rejection of the letter released last week calling on active military personnel to disavow leftist Pedro Castillo as the winner of the election after rightist Keiko Fujimori denounced electoral fraud without evidence.
Retired armed forces in Peru expressed discontent. (Photo internet reproduction)
The mobilization was led by retired Admiral Jorge Montoya, who will take office on July 28 as the most-elected congressman for the next five years and who has already hinted at the possibility – not provided for by law – that the new Congress could call new elections if there is still no officially proclaimed presiden