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Lima.- The right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, whose victory in the second round of Peru’s presidential elections is very close to being confirmed, stated this Monday that “both in Colombia and in Peru, election results must be respected”, while congratulating the far-right Abelardo De la Espriella for the victory given to him by preliminary results in Colombia against the leftist Iván Cepeda.
n” “nnn” “n“I greet the brand-new president-elect Abelardo De la Espriella and I hope to be able to greet him personally later on. I congratulate all Colombians, beyond the inopportune comments of the president of Colombia,” said Fujimori in reference to Gustavo Petro’s remarks regarding the challenging of polling stations.
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The daughter and political heir of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who ran for the fourth time as a presidential candidate after having lost in the runoff the three previous times, asserted that the claims of her rival in Peru, the leftist Roberto Sánchez, to annul the vote abroad are baseless.
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n” “nAfter trusting that the electoral authorities will confirm the results of the vote held on June 7, the leader of the Fuerza Popular party called on the electoral juries to finish resolving the challenged records in order to conclude the count definitively, more than two weeks after the election was held.
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nn” “n“Every day of delay in not knowing the results is a day lost for a transition process, where there are political issues and important announcements that must be made with the corresponding time, especially because the daily problems of the citizens continue to worsen,” he indicated.
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“Looking to the future, we must see how processes and counts can be done more quickly,” added the candidate.
n” “nThe count is at 99.69% this Monday, with Fujimori in the lead by 40,390 votes over Sánchez, with 281 records left to be counted, equivalent to a maximum of about 84,000 voters.
n” “nWhen asked about the shift to the right in South America, with the victories of José Antonio Kast in Chile, De la Espriella in Colombia, and her own in Peru, Fujimori stated that “new times and airs are coming in Latin America, and that is very positive”.
n” “n“Countries are going through electoral processes, citizens have had a perspective of seeking progress and strengthening freedom and democracy. It is the mandate that the people are giving in many countries,” he concluded.
