DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Electoral authority solidifies right-wing Fujimori’s narrow victory over leftist Roberto Sanchez.Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race by the country’s electoral authority.The announcement on Friday comes weeks after the June 7 run-off election against leftist rival Roberto Sanchez.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFujimori had a slight lead after the vote count ended earlier this week, with the official tally released on Friday showing a razor-thin victory. She took 9,223,000 to Sanchez’s 9,173,000.“A new stage begins,” Fujimori wrote on X on Friday.“We assume it with responsibility, humility, and a deep sense of duty. Each day of this transition process is an opportunity to listen, engage in dialogue, and arrive prepared at the start of the new government.”Fujimori is the daughter of the late former President Alberto Fujimori, who had been jailed for human rights abuses.After running on a platform of cracking down on crime, she has vowed to “unite the country”, which has dealt with years of political turmoil and a stagnating economy.Fujimori and Sanchez reached the runoff vote after defeating 33 other candidates in April.Issues at polling stations and lengthy delays in counting had dogged the April election, casting a pall over the vote in June.Sanchez, who had strong support among rural and Indigenous voters, has alleged irregularities and fraud in the vote, but has not provided any evidence.Election monitors have cautioned no such proof of the claim has yet to emerge.Still, reporting from Lima Peru, Al Jazeera’s Mariana Sanchez said that Sanchez may seek to rally support to have Fujimori swiftly impeached by the the country’s unicame …
