Overview
- The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones debate at Lima’s Centro de Convenciones on May 31 turned combative as Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez traded sharp accusations over public security, past protest deaths, and the integrity of Peru’s justice system.
- Sánchez accused Fuerza Popular of promoting so-called “leyes procrimen” that weaken prosecutions and challenged Fujimori to repeal them, while Fujimori advanced hard-line security plans including military border control, more flagrancy units, and community work for prisoners.
- Fujimori pressed Sánchez repeatedly to disavow Antauro Humala and ask whether Humala would be part of a Juntos por el Perú government, a question Sánchez did not clearly answer onstage and left as a campaign vulnerability.
- Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros of Sánchez’s technical team publicly reiterated that Antauro Humala would not join a Juntos por el Perú administration and affirmed support for Julio Velarde to remain at the Central Reserve Bank, a move meant to reassure markets and institutions.
- Polls show Fujimori leading while a large share of voters remain undecided, so the debate’s failure to resolve key questions about alliances, judicial reform and economic stability gives last-week campaign messages outsized power and could still change the outcome on June 7.