Peru’s Sánchez Seeks Annulment of Overseas Ballots in Tight Runoff
Sánchez says 307,000 overseas votes were mishandled and could decide the race as Fujimori leads by about 40,000 ballots.
- On Tuesday, presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez said he will refuse to recognize Peru's June 7 election results if officials count ballots cast by Peruvians overseas, alleging improper processing.
- Sanchez filed a petition to reject overseas votes, arguing consulates failed to use a mandatory government scanning app; the Foreign Affairs Ministry authorized direct processing to avoid technical problems encountered in the first round.
- More than 307,000 Peruvians living abroad voted in the runoff, with 65% supporting conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori. With 99.8 per cent of ballots counted, Fujimori holds 50.1 per cent of the vote compared to Sanchez's 49.9 per cent.
- Keiko Fujimori is poised to become the next president, leading by 43,386 votes, though the electoral authority has not officially declared a winner and plans to do so in mid-July.
- The next president will take office on July 28 for a five-year term. Peru has had eight presidents in the past decade, including several removed by Congress amid corruption allegations.
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Left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez denounced this Tuesday, without providing evidence, that there is "a fraud in development" and anticipated that he will not recognize as president of the country his rival, right-wing Keiko Fujimori, who is ahead of him in the vote count of the second presidential round in Peru.At a press conference, Sánchez argued his request to annul the vote abroad because he considered that the electoral norm was violated …
Perú: Roberto Sánchez Condemns Ongoing Electoral Fraud & Calls for Demonstrations
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—During a press conference held Tuesday, Roberto Sánchez, the leftist presidential candidate for Juntos por el Perú (Together for Peru), warned of ongoing fraud within Peru’s electoral system. The politician reaffirmed his decision to reject Keiko Fujimori’s proclamation as president of Perú, citing irregularities detected in the processing of election results from consulates abroad. The leftist politician requested t…
The right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori remained on Tuesday virtually destined to become the next president of Peru, after obtaining an advantage that appears irreversible over the left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez, when the counting of the second presidential round approaches its end.With 99.83% of the minutes counted, the leader of Fuerza Popular reached 50.11% of the votes validly cast, compared to 49.88% obtained by Sánchez. The difference…
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Presidential candidate won't accept Peru's runoff vote unless overseas ballots are tossed
Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez says he will not recognize the June 7 presidential runoff results if officials reject his petition to annul votes cast by Peruvians overseas
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LIMA (AP) — Progressive presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez announced Tuesday that he will not recognize a possible victory for his rival, conservative Keiko Fujimori, if Peru's National Elections Jury does not comply with his request to cancel Peruvians' votes abroad due to a suppost
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