Keiko Fujimori headed for runoff in Peru vote

AFP, LIMA: Keiko Fujimori, daughter of an ex-president jailed for massacres, was heading Monday for a runoff vote that could make her Peru’s first female leader.
In an election marred by allegations of vote-buying and a day after a guerrilla attack left seven people dead, Fujimori, 40, had a double-digit lead over the second-place contender, centrist rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 77.
But since Fujimori fell short of 50 percent, she must now face Kuczynski in a second round vote on June 5.
Both have promised to boost the economy and fight crime in this South American mineral-exporting country of 30 million people.

 

Keiko Fujimori headed for runoff in Peru vote

AFP, LIMA: Keiko Fujimori, daughter of an ex-president jailed for massacres, was heading Monday for a runoff vote that could make her Perus first female leader. In an election marred by allegations of vote-buying and a day after a guerrilla attack left seven people dead, Fujimori, 40, had a double-digit lead over the second-place contender, centrist rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 77. But since Fujimori fell short of 50 percent, she must now face Kuczynski in a second round vote on June 5. Both have promised to boost the economy and fight crime in this South American mineral-exporting country of 30 million people.