{"id":24521,"date":"2016-04-11T02:11:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T02:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/fujimori-forced-into-runoff-in-peru-election\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T02:11:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T02:11:14","slug":"fujimori-forced-into-runoff-in-peru-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/fujimori-forced-into-runoff-in-peru-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujimori forced into runoff in Peru election"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Daughter of jailed former president wins 38 percent of vote, partial results show, as runoff planned for June 5.}<\/p>\n

Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an ex-president jailed for massacres, has won the first round of voting in Peru’s presidential election, partial results showed.<\/p>\n

Fujimori won 38 percent of votes in line with exit polls, with one fifth of votes counted, the electoral body said. Rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had 24.5 percent.<\/p>\n

Since Fujimori fell short of 50 percent, though, she must now face Kuczynski in a runoff on June 5.<\/p>\n

Fujimori had earlier celebrated victory as unofficial surveys showed her far in the lead.<\/p>\n

Voters “are demanding change. This is a great responsibility, which we are going to honour,” she told cheering supporters.<\/p>\n

“Peru wants reconciliation and no more conflict. We invite all Peruvians on June 5 to opt for change and for the future, because the future of Peru is on the way.”<\/p>\n

Observers complained that the electoral process was undermined when half the candidates dropped out or were excluded from running under a tough new electoral law.<\/p>\n

Keiko survived attempts to ban her from the race amid mistrust over her father’s legacy.<\/p>\n

She and other leading candidates were accused of wooing voters with gifts. Both she and Kuczynski were cleared of the charges.<\/p>\n

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\nBut centrist candidate Julio Guzman, previously second in the polls, was banned from running for irregularities in the candidate selection process.<\/p>\n

Eight other candidates were similarly excluded or dropped out through lack of support.<\/p>\n

European Union observers said they saw no serious incidents during voting, though some polling stations opened late.<\/p>\n

Alberto Fujimori’s dark decade in power from 1990-2000 lives in the memory of many Peruvians.<\/p>\n

\"Fujimori<\/figure>\n

Now 77, he is serving a 25-year jail sentence for crimes against humanity. The courts held him responsible for the massacre of 25 people he said were terrorists in 1991 and 1992.<\/p>\n

But many voters love him for crushing the Shining Path armed group that carried out attacks and kidnappings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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