Peruvians choose between right-wing wings Keiko Fujimori and left-back Pedro Castillo.
Voting has begun in Peru’s presidential election as the country faces a choice between Keiko Fujimori’s right wing and rural Pedro Castillo supporters.
The polls opened at 7am (12:00 GMT) at 11,700 polling stations, with results starting at 11:30 pm (04:30 GMT Monday).
Voting comes just days after Peru nearly tripled its mortality from coronaviruses following a state visit, now with the world’s highest risk of coronavirus infection per person.
Studies show the race with dead numbers but with Fujimori, who had previously led Castillo, pulling a bit.
Fujimori, 46, the daughter of former prison president Alberto Fujimori, has vowed to remain financially stable and unconcerned with the world’s second-largest copper-making industry, as well as to pardon his father, who was convicted of human rights abuses. .
Fujimori himself was jailed for several months for fraudulent charges. If he wins, the accusation will be dropped as he leads the country.
Today, that we have come here with effort, I must give you a post. I cannot achieve the goal on my own. I want you to do it. I’m just asking you to give me a chance. With your help, we will turn this game around. #AhoraTeTocaATi pic.twitter.com/SHyEMJ0eA0
– Keiko Fujimori (@KeikoFujimori) June 5, 2021
Translation: “Today, we have come here with great effort, I must give you this message. I cannot achieve the goal myself. I want you to do it. I am just asking you to give me a chance. With your help, we will turn this game around. #Now is your time.”
Castillo, 51, headmaster of the elementary school and union leader, has garnered support from the impoverished rural Peruvian people – as well as those who are afraid of money – and promised to sell a share of the mines, an idea he would later want to return.
He has promised to change corporate taxes and wants to rewrite the laws of the land.
He hails from a remote village near the town of Tacabamba, in the northern Andes region of Peru, where he was encouraged by Saturday night to return home to vote.
Castillo made a brief remarks, although political interference was banned in the last days before elections in Peru.
Opponents say unelected voters as well as Peruvians living abroad can respond better to voting.
About one million Peruvian foreign nationals are part of the 25 million electoral process.
Only 0.8% voted in the first round of elections in April while closed COVID-19s were common.
Piero Corvetto, director of the National Office of Electoral Processes in Peru, says it is the most advanced immunization program in the areas where Peruvian tourists live – such as the United States, Spain, Argentina and Chile -.
He also said he expected foreign Peruvians to respond to 1.5% of the total vote.
Neck-to-neck results can bring uncertain days and problems if it takes time to settle down on the winner.
The new president will take office on July 28, replacing longtime president Francisco Sagasti.
