The Popular Force candidate for the Presidency of Peru, Keiko Fujimori , has presented nullity actions in 802 polling stations in which her formation has found “irregularities”, which represent some 200,000 votes, which the candidate expects “to be removed from the count final”. The president of the National Jury of Elections (JNE) of Peru, Jorge Salas, has called “extraordinary” the annulment actions presented by the presidential candidate Fujimori.

Fujimori has appeared accompanied by two lawyers to report the presentation of these actions to the National Elections Jury (JNE), which would have to admit them so that these votes are annulled, as the candidate trusts, while Castillo continues to lead with 99 per hundred scrutinized.

“Additionally, we are monitoring the challenge process, which is 1,200 minutes that we hope will later be counted in the final count of the JNE,” he said.

Thus, the Fuerza Popular candidate has said that if the 200,000 votes of the 802 tables in which requests for annulment have been submitted are added to the 1,200 minutes that are being analyzed by the JNE and that represent 300,000 votes, «they are still in I play 500,000 votes ».

“We believe that it is essential that (the 500,000 votes) be analyzed for the final count that the National Elections Jury has to carry out,” he added, according to ‘El Comercio’.

Regarding the annulment actions, the lawyer and ex-congressman of Fuerza Popular Miguel Torres has stressed that the formation has discovered “a series of verified irregularities” that make it “clear” that “in a systematic way the Peru Libre party would have violated the electoral system ».

“Regardless of the results, we want to record the concrete facts that have occurred in these elections,” he pointed out, to delve into the fact that one of the “modalities” used to “break the popular will” would have been the “falsification of signatures of board members ».

Specifically, the lawyer has referred to 503 minutes at the national level, representing more than 125,000 votes, in which allegedly “the signatures do not correspond to those recorded in the RENIEC – National Registry of Identification and Civil Status – with the DNI” .

An “extraordinary” request

The president of the National Jury of Elections (JNE) of Peru, Jorge Salas, has called as “extraordinary” the annulment actions presented by the candidate for the Presidency Keiko Fujimori and her party, Fuerza Popular, on 802 polling stations, representing some 200,000 votes.

In statements to the Peruvian media RPP Noticias, Salas pointed out that in the presidential elections of 2011 only two requests for annulments were presented, while in the 2016 elections they increased to almost thirty, which represents an “important difference” with respect to the current situation. .

«The Peruvian electoral system is thinking about things of very little dimension in relation to the appeals. What is happening now is extraordinary, “stressed the president of the Peruvian electoral body.

Thus, it has refused to specify the time for resolution of the challenges raised by Fujimori, since these must first pass through the special electoral juries, which would take about three days to call hearings and another three days to offer their response. After that, as Salas explained, they would go to the JNE, which would have other deadlines.

“As more than 800 have been announced, I think it would be reasonable to think that some minimum time should be taken to be able to decide what is pertinent without having to run over,” he added, to highlight that “no one would like three-minute resolutions with the material impossibility of analysis ».

Fujimori on Monday denounced “table fraud” by the Peru Libre party, its rival in the elections, Pedro Castillo, who was proclaimed the winner on Tuesday.

Regarding the denunciation of the aspirant of Fuerza Popular, the director for the Americas of the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, has declared this Wednesday, who demanded that Peru “respect the results” and avoid accusations of fraud that lack “serious” evidence.

“In Peru, as in any democracy, electoral results must be respected,” Vivanco urged through his Twitter profile, where he stressed that “international human rights law requires that every vote be counted and respected.”

Meanwhile, the scrutiny is nearing its end reaching 99.126 percent with Castillo leading the election results with 50.2 percent of the votes compared to Fujimori’s 49.7 percent, as reflected by the ONPE on the portal results of the second presidential round held on June 6.

Respect for the decision of the electoral authority

On the other hand, Fujimori has assured that it will always be “respectful” with what the National Elections Jury and the National Electoral Elections Office determine, although it has insisted on waiting “prudently and calmly” and analyzing each of the requests. of nullity and the processes that are being carried out in the special juries.

“We welcome the decision of the JNE to carry out the deliberation of publicly challenged minutes and today it has been evidenced that there was also an intention to challenge many of the minutes in which Popular Force has had a majority vote,” he said. reiterated.

The applicant has also added that the “defense” and “call” that she is making before the national and international public opinion, is not for her candidacy, but “for the respect of millions of Peruvians who all they want is that their vote is respected ».

Fujimori on Monday denounced “table fraud” by the Peru Libre party, its rival in the elections, Pedro Castillo, who was proclaimed the winner on Tuesday.

During the intervention of the candidate, Castillo, has urged, through a publication on his Twitter profile, not to fall into the “provocations of those who want to see this country in chaos.” “Let’s continue firm and happy in this final fight that belongs to all Peruvians,” he added.

The supporters of both candidates for the Presidency of Peru have gathered this Wednesday in the streets, especially in the capital, Lima, while the tension increases in the country due to the adjusted results and the allegations of fraud.

The leftist candidate leads the election results with 50.2 percent of the votes to the 99,109 counted, while the right-wing candidate would lose with 49.7 percent, as reflected by the ONPE in the results portal of the second round of the June 6th.