Peru's Electoral Tribunal announced on Thursday that, this Sunday, it will proclaim the two candidates who will vie for the presidency in a runoff election on June 7—following the first round of general elections held on April 12 and 13—amidst allegations of alleged fraud raised by one of the contenders.
This decision postpones the announcement of the first-round results by two additional days, after the Tribunal had stated in late April that the results would be released on Friday. Authorities assert that they are currently processing many electoral tally sheets that have been challenged by the competing parties.
According to electoral authorities—with 99.982% of the presidential voting records tallied—the conservative Keiko Fujimori, of the Fuerza Popular party, was leading the vote count on Thursday with 17.179%, followed by the nationalist Roberto Sánchez, of Juntos por el Perú, with 12.030%, and—barely behind—the ultraconservative Rafael López Aliaga, of Renovación Popular, with 11.905%.
López Aliaga claims that a “fraud unique in the world” took place in Peru, yet he has presented no evidence; he has also protested alongside thousands of supporters outside the Tribunal’s offices and has repeatedly insulted the Tribunal’s president. The conservative figure has stated that he will not recognize the election results.
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