Lima.- The president-elect of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, acknowledged this Thursday that there are “many expectations,” as well as “many decisions” to be made during her term (2026-2031), which she will assume on July 28, in challenges ranging from common crime to the presence of the El Niño weather phenomenon.
After visiting the interim leader, José María Balcázar, at the Government Palace in Lima, Fujimori said she is preparing so that “we take the reins and destiny of our country.”
The daughter and political heir of former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) thanked Balcázar for having the “kindness and courtesy” of receiving her at the Government House, located in the historic center of the Peruvian capital, where they had a cordial meeting, despite their ideological differences, as she commented.
Likewise, Fujimori wished “good luck” to Balcázar, who was elected congressman for the 2021-2026 term by the Marxist party Peru Libre, the same one for which the ousted and imprisoned former president Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) ran.
Keiko Fujimori’s statements
This visit took place one day after Fujimori received her credentials as president-elect of Peru for the 2026-2031 term in a ceremony organized by the National Jury of Elections (JNE).
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“For the first time, the sovereign will of the Peruvian people has conferred the Presidency of the Republic upon a woman, democratically elected by the citizen vote,” highlighted the president of the JNE, Roberto Burneo, which sparked the jubilation of the guests who are supporters of Fujimori, who cheered for the president-elect.
During the solemn session, the credentials for Fujimori’s first and second vice presidents, Luis Galarreta and Miguel Torres, respectively, were also presented.
The presidential ticket of the Fuerza Popular party was proclaimed on July 3rd as the winner of the presidential runoff, which it contested against the Juntos por el Perú party, against leftist Roberto Sánchez.
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In his first statements, Fujimori promised to put the State “at the service of the population to end this inequality and confrontation that is drowning us as a society.”
“Democracy gives us a mandate, but the Republic imposes an even greater obligation upon us: to govern for everyone,” stated the president-elect.
“Peru does not need a government that explains the problems. We need a government that solves them. We have not come to manage inertia. We have come to recover the State’s sense of urgency,” he indicated at the ceremony held on Thursday at the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima.
