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Peru presidential candidates propose joint vote review amid tight race
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Peru presidential candidates propose joint vote review amid tight race

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez proposed a joint request with rival Keiko Fujimori for a total review of Peru's vote count.
  • With less than 2% of votes remaining, Sánchez cited alleged irregularities and a narrow 1,600-vote lead for Fujimori as reasons for the review.
  • The proposal aims to ensure transparency, certainty, and total confidence in the presidential election results amidst high national polarization.

Leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez has proposed a joint request with his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori for an exhaustive review of Peru's entire presidential election process. The call comes as less than 2% of votes remain to be tallied, with Fujimori holding a razor-thin lead of approximately 1,600 votes.

a review of the entire process, especially in those places where there is alleged indication that transparency has not occurred as it should.

— Roberto SánchezSánchez explains his proposal for a joint vote review with his rival.

Sánchez, representing the Juntos por el Perú party, stated that he has approached Fujimori with the proposal, particularly focusing on areas where there are alleged indications of a lack of transparency. He accused Fujimori's Fuerza Popular party of seeking to annul votes from the southern regions, while his own party has flagged potential irregularities in the capital, Lima, and in overseas voting.

The candidate, who ran on behalf of former President Pedro Castillo, emphasized that a joint review would provide citizens with "stability, certainty, and total confidence" in the election outcome, regardless of who ultimately wins. He stressed the importance of a transparent and controversy-free count, given the close margin and the fact that approximately nine million Peruvians voted for each candidate.

they (Fujimori's Fuerza Popular party) want to annul the votes from the south.

— Roberto SánchezSánchez accuses his rival's party of attempting to invalidate votes from specific regions.

Sánchez also highlighted Fujimori's initiative to engage in a national dialogue and consensus-building once the tally is complete. He urged his supporters to remain peaceful during any demonstrations and called on authorities not to obstruct their democratic right to protest.

stability, certainty, and total confidence in the presidential election.

— Roberto SánchezSánchez outlines the intended impact of a transparent and jointly reviewed election process.

Ernesto Zunini, secretary-general of Juntos por el Perú, deemed it "inadmissible" that the conditions of the second round voting process were altered, specifically the shift from digital to physical recording of vote tallies, which has caused unusual delays in counting votes from Peruvians abroad. Sánchez's party has confirmed challenging the vote counts in the United States and Argentina, where Fujimori currently leads.

what matters most is that it has the confidence, the transparency, the legitimacy.

— Roberto SánchezSánchez emphasizes the paramount importance of legitimacy in the election outcome.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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