López Aliaga urges vote against blank, null, and communism, backing Fujimori

Peruvian far-right leader Rafael López Aliaga has called on his supporters to reject blank, null, and communist votes in the upcoming second round of elections, implicitly endorsing right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori. López Aliaga, who continues to allege without concrete proof that fraud occurred in the first round, urged his followers to vote against what he termed "communism and radical left."

Speaking at his party's headquarters, López Aliaga did not explicitly name Fujimori but strongly advised against any vote other than for her, in a country where voting is mandatory. "There is an imminent risk of falling into the hands of a radical left or radical communism. In this picture, we are not lukewarm. We are very clear... No to the blank vote, and no to the spoiled vote," he stated.

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There is an imminent risk of falling into the hands of a radical left or radical communism. In this picture, we are not lukewarm. We are very clear... No to the blank vote, and no to the spoiled vote.

The former Lima mayor reiterated his claims of electoral theft, deeming the elections illegal and illegitimate. He stated his party narrowly missed the second round by approximately 21,000 votes behind leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez. López Aliaga has maintained since election day that fraud was committed to disadvantage him, a narrative amplified by logistical failures at polling stations in Lima.

"We remain firm in demonstrating through legal, criminal, and constitutional means that there has been a terrifying fraud here," López Aliaga declared at a press conference. He cited issues such as preventing Peruvians abroad from voting and the use of an unaudited software system. He expressed concern that the same software, which he claims inflated 250,000 votes for Sánchez, would be used again in the June 7 runoff.

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We remain firm in demonstrating through legal, criminal, and constitutional means that there has been a terrifying fraud here, what they have done has been terrifying, from preventing the vote of Peruvians abroad and in different cities of the country, to having an unaudited software.