In the spotlight: Pedro Castillo new president of Peru
In Peru, Pedro Castillo was proclaimed the winner of the presidential election, a month and a half after the second round.
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The Peruvians wake up this Tuesday, July 20 with a new president since the left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo was proclaimed the winner of the presidential election, a month and a half after the second round. "
The prophecy has been fulfilled
", headline in the front page of the daily
Expreso
this Tuesday
. The JNE, the National Election Jury, validated the results of the second round during a videoconference meeting specifies the
daily
. The final results give left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo a very slight lead with 50.126% of the vote, against 49.874% for right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori. It is now time to build, believes the columnist of
La Republica
, both at the level of the future government and at the level of Parliament.
The daily raises the question of the behavior of the opposition in the coming months. Will it be a brake on change or will it on the contrary try to move the country forward on urgent issues such as education, health, employment or even justice? Central themes of Pedro Castillo's program which must, according to him, and if the winner of the election respects his commitments, help to improve the living conditions of Peruvians.
The reaction of Keiko Fujimori was not long in coming: "
I will recognize the results as demanded by the law and the Constitution
", announced the loser of this presidential election, details
Peru21
. But Keiko Fujimori also issued a warning: “
Eventually the truth will come out anyway and we will all work together to restore the legitimacy of our country
. "According to the right-wing candidate, the Peruvians will now"
face together a new stage which will be very difficult, because communism does not come to power to leave it thereafter. I'm sure Peruvians won't let Pedro Castillo transform Peru like Cuba or Venezuela
".
Keiko Fujimori will now have to face Peruvian justice as she remains prosecuted in corruption cases for which she risks up to thirty years in prison.
Strong mobilization expected this Tuesday in Colombia
Almost three months after an unprecedented protest movement in Colombia, a demonstration is again scheduled for Tuesday in the streets of the capital and other cities of the country. The National Strike Committee had warned, it was planning to organize a big day of mobilization on July 20 on the occasion of the parliamentary re-entry. And this is what should happen, according to
El Espectador
, who details the system put in place. The procession will be formed among others by many groups from different parts of the country, the idea being to hand over ten bills to President Ivan Duque specifies the daily.
Other mobilizations are planned, especially in Cali which was the epicenter of the movement a month ago recalls
El Pais
, Colombian edition.
The ban on the sale of alcohol has been put in place and the mayor of the city, like the mayor of Bogota, does not rule out the possibility of a curfew in the event of further violence.
El Pais
stresses that very large means have been deployed by the police to avoid any overflow.
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