Presidential in Peru: Keiko Fujimori will face Pedro Castillo in the second round
Keiko Fujimori on an election campaign in Lima.
April 8, 2021. REUTERS - SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA
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After a first round with an uncertain outcome, the Peruvians now know the name of the candidate who will face Pedro Castillo in the second round of the presidential election.
Rather, she is a candidate: Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori.
She reached the second round after a very close neck to neck with two other candidates.
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Wyloën Munhoz-Boillot
The first official results published on Monday April 12th placed her in fourth place, but, as the vote count progressed, Keiko Fujimori climbed back to second place (13.3% of the vote).
The candidate of the populist right will therefore face the candidate of the radical left
Pedro Castillo
(19% of the vote) in the second round.
Surprise
This teacher and trade unionist, who made himself known in 2017 by leading a vast movement of teachers' strike, created a surprise by finishing first in the first round.
It wins in 16 of the 24 regions of the country and even exceeds 50% in 2 of the poorest regions of Peru.
According to analysts, Pedro Castillo was able to capture the vote of many discontented Peruvians, especially in rural areas where the population is struggling to cope with the health and economic crisis.
Facing him,
Keiko Fujimori
, daughter of the former autocrat Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), is running for the presidential election for the third time.
She campaigned with authoritarian proposals, notably using her father's political slogan: the "hard hand" in the face of crime and corruption.
And this while she herself is accused of having illicitly financed her unsuccessful candidacies in the presidential elections of 2011 and 2016.
Strong rejection for both candidates
Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Castillo will face off on June 6.
A second round which promises to be particularly polarized, while the two candidates each arouse strong rejection from part of the population.
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