Lima, Peru.– The presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori urged Peruvian citizens this Sunday to go to the polls en masse during the second electoral round and highlighted the work of the electoral delegates of the political organizations to guarantee respect for the popular will.
Prior to participating in the traditional election breakfast, Fujimori expressed her confidence that the polling stations that had not yet begun operations at the time of her statements would be set up in the next few minutes.
“It is very important that we all go to vote, and also for all the electoral delegates from both parties to go and safeguard the popular will,” stated the presidential candidate.
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Fujimori reported that her organization managed to reach the goal of representatives at the polling stations, ensuring that they have a presence at all of the electoral tables enabled in the country.
“The important thing is that all the polling stations are being covered. There are 92,000 polling stations and we have 95,000 electoral delegates registered. We are very grateful to all the citizens who are voluntarily collaborating,” he pointed out.
Likewise, he confirmed that his group will also have electoral delegates at the so-called Code 900 tables, intended to address special situations within the electoral process.
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When asked for a message to voters who have not yet defined their preference, Fujimori avoided making political statements due to the restrictions established during the election day.
“I cannot talk about politics, you know it is forbidden. The important thing here is that everyone goes to the polling stations and fulfills their right and duty,” he expressed.
The candidate reiterated her call for citizen participation and expressed confidence that any delay in the opening of some polling stations would be resolved shortly, on a day considered decisive for defining the Presidency of Peru.
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Voting for the second round of Peru’s presidential election began this Sunday in the Andean country to choose between right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez as the country’s ninth president in ten years.
More than 27.3 million Peruvians are called to the polls in a long day that began in the national territory at 7:00 local time (12:00 GMT) and will last for ten hours, until 17:00 (22:00 GMT), at which time the voting will close to give way to a count that is expected to extend for several days.
The April 12 elections were marred by major delays in the opening of polling stations in the capital, Lima, due to a lack of electoral material, which fueled allegations of fraud launched without sufficient evidence by the far-right candidate Rafael López Aliaga, who missed the runoff by a margin of 21,000 votes behind Sánchez.
