Peruvian Castillo on the verge of winning a close competition Politics News

The Organization of American States Election Observation Mission says the vote was a “positive election process” and that no “serious irregularities” were identified.

Pedro Castillo, the pioneer of the Peruvian presidential election, was ready to win, despite legal debates The ultra-closed vote sparked tensions in the Andean nation.

“We call on the people of Peru to be vigilant,” Castillo told supporters in the midst of last-minute lawsuits over the tight vote count on Friday night.

According to local media, the election authorities thought of changing the rules to challenge the validity of right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori’s 200,000 votes, but in the end did not decide to make the changes in the afternoon due to intense pressure from Castillo’s camp.

Giving Castillo a boost and giving Fujim a blow, the U.S. State Election Observation Mission said the vote is a “positive electoral process” in which no “serious irregularities” have been identified.

“The mission has not detected any serious irregularities,” said a preliminary report from the group led by former Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez.

Castillo Fujimo was cast 60,000 votes ahead of 99.6% of the vote.

Castillo, a primary school teacher who has sparked support from the poorest Peruvians in the countryside, has expressed concern that he had the support of the majority and asked the electoral body for clarity in areas where he had majority support to invalidate the vote.

The comments underscored the tensions in the copper-rich nation since last Sunday’s vote.

Castillo holds 50.2% of the vote, ahead of Fujimo unproven fraud allegations.

‘Edges on the edge of the knife’

The Peruvian election jury did not notice during the day that it was considering changing the rules in the media.

Vladimir Cerron, the leader of Castillo’s Free Peru party, who was even stricter, said on Twitter that “people need to stand up” in defense of the vote. He had before Castillo won the knife election.

The country’s electoral authority has not yet confirmed the winner, but most observers and some left-wing regional leaders, including those from Argentina and Bolivia, have congratulated Castillo on his victory, sparking protests from the Peruvian government.

“Several presidents of the world are congratulating Pedro Castillo on his victory, which has strong international legitimacy,” Cerron wrote.

Fujimori has not yet accepted the election and supporters of it have called for a protest against the result.

The daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, who has been jailed, has doubled her allegations of unproven fraud, and her party members have said they will not allow all votes to be counted and the appeals are over, yet days may pass.

Castillo himself has also stopped short of calling himself the winner.

Elections have roughly divided Peruvians between class lines, while higher-income citizens support Fujimori, and many low-income Peruvians support Castillo, one of the country’s most important mining regions, the world’s two copper producers.

Castillo was not a member of the Free Peru party for the presidency. It is still unclear whether he will take a far-left stance on the economy if he is in power.

In recent days Pedro Francke has hired a moderate left-wing economist as his advisor.