Peru general elections: Fujimori leading, runoff likely

Keiko Fujimori leads Peru's fragmented presidential election, heading for a second-round showdown against a conservative rival. | Contesto: cronaca

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LIMA, Peru – Keiko Fujimori, the powerful leader of the right-wing Popular Force party and daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, has emerged as the frontrunner in Peru's presidential election, according to preliminary results. With more than 30 candidates vying for the nation's top office, the deeply fragmented vote failed to produce an outright winner, setting the stage for a tense runoff election in June. Fujimori is now poised to face her closest rival, a conservative candidate whose identity was being confirmed as vote counting continued late Sunday. The election marks the latest dramatic chapter in the political saga of the Fujimori family, whose legacy continues to polarize the Andean nation. Keiko Fujimori, a former first lady during her father's controversial decade in power, is making her third consecutive bid for the presidency, having narrowly lost runoffs in both 2011 and 2016. Her strong showing underscores the enduring, though fiercely contested, influence of Fujimorismo—a political movement defined by its blend of hardline security policies, social conservatism, and populist economic measures. The sheer number of candidates, exceeding thirty, reflected a profound disillusionment with the political establishment and a nation struggling to find a coherent path forward. Peru, despite its relative economic stability in the region, has been rocked in recent years by constant political turmoil, corruption scandals that have ensnared every living ex-president, and one of the world's highest per-capita death tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fragmented ballot suggests a desperate search for new alternatives, yet one that ultimately consolidated around familiar, established poles of power. Fujimori's likely advancement to the second round will inevitably force the nation to confront its recent history. Her father, Alberto Fujimori, is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses and corruption, yet retains a significant base of support for defeating hyperinflation and Shining Path guerrillas in the 1990s. Keiko Fujimori herself has faced her own legal battles, including pre-trial detention on charges of money...

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