Lima.- Right-wing Keiko Fujimori receives a 60% citizen approval rating following the start of her government of five years in Peru, which she assumed on July 28, according to a poll conducted by the private company Datum and published this Sunday by the newspaper El Comercio.
The study, which was conducted nationwide, also indicated that 24% of Peruvians disapprove of the first actions of the daughter and political heir of former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) and 16% state that they “do not know”.
Fujimori won the presidential runoff on June 7 in Peru by obtaining 50.135% of the valid votes, with 9,223,396 ballots, compared to 49.865% for leftist Roberto Sánchez, who received 9,173,755 votes.
Percentages in different areas of Government
Datum pointed out that the new ruler obtains her highest approval in the north of the country, where she reaches 66% support, compared to 17% rejection; followed by Lima and Callao, with 64% approval and 19% disapproval.
Their approval in the center of the country reaches 62% and rejection 27%, in the Amazonian east they receive 54% approval and 28% disapproval, while in the Peruvian south they reach 44% support and 39% rejection.
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The poll also indicated that 62% of respondents stated they feel “optimistic about the country’s future,” compared to 32% who stated they are pessimistic and 6% who said they “don’t know.”
When referring to specific management issues, 71% said they trust that Fujimori will boost private investment, 66% that he will generate more employment in the country, and 65% that he will improve the country’s economy.
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In addition, 62% say that they will “bring order to the country,” 60% that they will “reduce crime,” and 51% that they will “reduce corruption.”
Security and Congress
Referring to Fujimori’s announcement that the Armed Forces will participate in the fight against crime in the country, 87% stated that they agree with the military joining the tasks of the National Police, the same percentage that supports them going out to patrol the streets.
86% agreed that the Armed Forces should lead citizen security tasks in jurisdictions declared in a state of emergency, and 85% agreed that they should be in charge of security in the country’s prisons.
When referring to the new bicameral Congress, which maintains divided forces between the ruling party and the opposition in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, 47% considered that it will have “a confrontational attitude” and 44% that it will be “dialogue-oriented.”
In that sense, 67% of those surveyed were of the opinion that Congress should grant the powers that the Executive has announced it will request to legislate directly on issues regarding the prevention of the El Niño climate phenomenon, citizen security, and economic and labor matters.
As indicated by the technical data sheet published by Datum, the survey was conducted among 1,205 people nationwide between August 5 and 7, and has a margin of error of 2.8% and a confidence level of 95%.
