The US State Department stated Tuesday that Peru’s current presidential election was “a model of democracy” regardless of efforts by conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori to take out ballots alleging voter fraud.
Peruvians went to the polls on 6 June. Electoral officers are nonetheless evaluating some poll challenges, whereas preliminary outcomes favor socialist Pedro Castillo over Fujimori, daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori.
“We congratulate the Peruvian authorities for safely conducting yet another round of free, fair, accessible and peaceful elections,” State Department spokesman Ned Price stated in an announcement issued in Washington. That even within the midst of serious challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“These current elections are a mannequin of democracy within the area. We assist giving electoral officers time to course of and publish ends in accordance with Peruvian legislation.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
