Pedro Castillo proclaimed winner of the presidential election in Peru
Pedro Castillo during a ceremony in Cuzco, Peru on June 25, 2021. Jose Carlos ANGULO AFP
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The candidate of the radical left, Pedro Castillo, was proclaimed on Monday the winner of the presidential election in Peru by the electoral authority, more than a month after the ballot in the second round which opposed him to the candidate of the right populist Keiko Fujimori.
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"
I proclaim José Pedro Castillo Terrone
s
President of the Republic
," said the President of the National Election Jury (JNE), Jorge Luis Salas, in a brief virtual ceremony.
The electoral authority responsible for examining the appeals thus confirmed the results delivered several weeks ago by the National Body for the Electoral Process (ONPE).
At the end of the counting of 100% of the ballots, the ONPE had given Pedro Castillo, 51, winner with 50.12% of the votes, against 49.87% of the votes to his rival, Keiko Fujimori, 46 years old .
According to the results validated by the JNE, Pedro Castillo wins with 44,263 votes ahead of the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).
Keiko Fujimori admits defeat
Shortly before the announcement of the final result, Keiko Fujimori, who had insinuated at the beginning of July that she would not recognize the victory of her competitor, did an about-face during a press conference. “
Today, I am announcing that by fulfilling my commitments, my commitment to all Peruvians
(...)
to the international community, I will recognize the results because it is what the law and the Constitution require. I swore to defend,
”she said.
"I call on Peruvians not to give up and to implement a democratic defense" in the event of Pedro Castillo's government, also advanced Keiko Fujimori, targeted by an investigation for alleged bribes during his presidential campaigns of 2011 and 2016, where she failed in the second round.
She has already served 16 months of preventive detention and faces 30 years in prison.
►Also read: Presidential in Peru: citizen vigils to "defend democracy"
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