LIMA, June 12 Peru’s disputed presidential vote had not shown any “serious irregularities”, international election monitors said yesterday, as the country’s caretaker leader urged calm after five days of rising tensions without a result from the cliffhanger poll. Right-wing.
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Peru s presidential candidate Pedro Castillo addresses supporters from the headquarters of the ‘Free Peru’ party, in Lima, Peru June 10, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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LIMA, June 11 ― Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru s presidential election yesterday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede and has alleged fraud despite scant evidence.
Castillo had some 50.2 per cent of the vote and a 0.36 percentage point lead with 99.4 per cent of ballots tallied, with only a small number of contested ballots still being scrutinised.
As Peruvians prepared to vote Sunday, their prospects already looked dim. The two polarizing political figures who made it into last weekend’s final round, Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori, were appalling in the minds of most voters. Could things get any worse? As is often the case in Peru, the answer is yes.