Peru’s Fujimori complains of fraud due to pending elections

After the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori accused the opponent party of fraud, the results of the Peruvian presidential election were pending, demanding an invalidation of 200,000 ballots and further review of 300,000 ballots.

If her request is supported, the election is likely to be in her favor, winning victory from her left-wing rival Pedro Castillo. In turn, this will almost certainly lead to widespread street protests by his supporters.

At the press conference on Wednesday night, Fujimori Her lawyers said they found evidence of forged signatures and many other violations on more than 500 ballots, and blamed it on Castillo’s party, Free Peru.

“There are still 500,000 votes here, and there are 500,000 votes nationwide, and we think it’s important to analyze them before the final vote count,” Fujimori said. “There is clear evidence that Free Peru systematically intends to subvert the will of the people.”

Fujimori’s lawyer, Miguel Torres, stated that her People’s Forces Party “will not admit defeat” and “will fight until the final vote”. “Many Peruvians feel that their votes have been stolen and we cannot allow it,” he said.

These allegations will be submitted to the Peruvian Election Tribunal, which coincides with the completion of the vote count for the election of last Sunday. The results show that Castillo won with 50.2% of the votes, while Fujimori got 49.8%, a difference of only 72,000 votes. The only numbers that need to be calculated are those that have been questioned.

Fujimori’s fraud allegations may exacerbate tensions. Hard fight Between rivals on both ends of the political spectrum. Castillo is a left-wing former elementary school teacher from a poor rural community in the northern Andes, and Fujimori, who ran for the presidency for the third time, is from Lima’s political establishment and is the daughter of the country’s former dictator Alberto Fujimori.

Castillo wanted to completely change Peru’s economic model, saying it had failed the poor, and Fujimori defended it to a large extent.

The financial market is anxiously awaiting the final result.Currency, sol, plus Peru’s stocks and bonds All down in recent weeks Looking forward to Castillo’s victory, some wealthy Peruvians scrambled to transfer their money abroad.

When The preliminary results are out On Sunday night, supporters of the two candidates took to the streets to celebrate their claimed victory while accusing their opponents of trying to steal votes. There have been some skirmishes in the capital Lima. However, since then, Castillo and Fujimori have both called for calmness and urged their respective camps to wait patiently for the final result.

Within minutes of Fujimori’s press conference on Wednesday, Castillo sent another message of comfort to his supporters.

“Let us not be deceived by the provocations of those who wish to see this country plunge into chaos,” he said wrote On Twitter.