The left-wing presidential candidate in Peru, Pedro Castillo, leading with 50.12% of the vote at the end of the count, on Tuesday (June 15) rejected calls to cancel the ballot for
"fraud"
launched by supporters of his right-wing opponent Keiko Fujimori.
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"They keep calling for the cancellation of the election,"
Pedro Castillo told the foreign press at his party's headquarters in Lima, in an allusion to supporters of Keiko Fujimori who have called in recent days to cancel the second. June 6 tour.
"We are patiently awaiting the result,"
added the candidate of the radical left, while the electoral authority continues to examine the appeals, filed mainly by the daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).
Keiko Fujimori, for her part, said she was confident of winning the election, because
"the most important thing remains to be done"
, namely to assess her appeals.
“We have confidence in the electoral bodies and in the will of the people.
We know that when they analyze these irregularities, they will prove us right, ”
said the right-wing candidate.
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According to the last official count covering 100% of the ballots, nine days after the ballot, Pedro Castillo is in the lead with 50.12% against 49.87% for his opponent, or about 45,000 votes in advance for the teacher and trade unionist 51 years old.
The participation rate in the ballot, described as
"positive"
and without
"serious irregularities"
by the electoral observation mission of the Organization of American States (OAS), reached 74.5% according to the electoral authorities in this country where voting is compulsory.
But Keiko Fujimori, 46, who is in the crosshairs of justice for a corruption case, denounces
"fraud"
and called for the invalidation of tens of thousands of ballots.
