This article written by Isaac Risco is published by German Media Company Deutsche Welle. Here is an excerpt:

In Peru, the left-wing village school teacher Pedro Castillo has in all probability been elected the new president. The fact that he cannot yet be officially declared the winner of the election is partly due to the extremely close result. Another obstacle, however, is that Castillo’s opponent, right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, refuses to acknowledge her election defeat.

Shortly before the end of counting, Fujimori, a highly controversial figure, issued an unprecedented number of complaints against partial results of last Sunday’s runoff presidential election. Just before the end of the deadline to raise legal objections, Fujimori, helped by a battery of lawyers, filed an appeal with electoral authorities to annul the results at 802 polling stations, which she says is the equivalent of 200,000 votes.

She also asked for another 300,000 votes to be reviewed, so “half a million votes are in play,” she said at a press conference.

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