Competition protests over tensions over Peru’s presidential vote Election news

Supporters of Pedro Castillo want to confirm the election results, and supporters of Keiko Fujimori want to cancel the vote.

Thousands of supporters of Socialist Pedro Castillo and Conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets in Peru on Saturday as tensions rose as a result of the June 6 presidential election.

Castillo, who got 50.125 percent of the vote with a margin of 44,058 votes, declared himself the winner.

Fujimori won 49.875% of the vote and committed major electoral fraud.

In the Peruvian capital, Lima, Castillo’s supporters gathered in the “2 de Mayo” square and formally announced the left-wing candidate as president-elect.

Fujimori’s supporters also staged a rally in another part of the city demanding the cancellation of the second election.

The National Election Jury says it is still considering the votes and has not yet been named the winner.

“We will not allow them to ignore the will of the people, to ignore the election result. We are going to defend democracy, ”said Veronika Mendoza, a former left-wing presidential candidate who went to the pro-Castillo rally.

“Unfortunately, Mrs.” K ” [Keiko Fujimori] she is a rotten woman who should not be president and should accept her failure, because what she won here is democracy, the direct vote of the people, ”said Ruben, another pro-Castillo protester.

International observers have said there is no evidence of fraud and that the election has been clean.

Ipsos, a Peruvian pollster, also said he had conducted a statistical analysis of the polls and found no evidence of abnormal voting patterns that would benefit one candidate over another.

But Fujimori, the daughter of a former president imprisoned by Alberto Fujimori, showed no sign of leaving.

“We will not allow our votes to be stolen,” he told Lima supporters.

Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori gestures in Lima, Peru on June 19, 2021 [Gerardo Marin/ Reuters]

“We will give our lives for the country; it’s not about Keiko, it’s about Peru, it’s not about terrorism, it’s not about communism, ”said Nancy Falla, who took part in the pro-Fujimo demonstration.

The number of tense votes is the end of the divisive elections in Peru, where many low-income citizens supported Castillo, while the richest voted for Fujimo.

Opposition candidates have called for very different remedies to rescue Peru from the economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

The Andean country has the worst death rate in the world, with more than 187,000 deaths among its 33 million inhabitants.

Two million Peruvians have also lost their jobs in the pandemic and nearly a third of the country is currently living in poverty, according to official data.

Fujimori, 46, is committed to following the free market model and will maintain economic stability. Castillo, 51, has promised to redraft the country’s constitution to strengthen the state’s role, take a larger share of the profits of mining companies and nationalize the keys. industries – Peru is the second largest producer of copper in the world.