Peru Sets June 7 Presidential Runoff Between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez

Overview

• The National Jury of Elections, which on Sunday proclaimed the first-round results, set a June 7 runoff between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez.
• JNE president Roberto Burneo acknowledged April’s logistics failures and named a five-member oversight team of academics from Peru, Chile, Uruguay, and Puerto Rico with expertise in cybersecurity and election materials.
• The April 12 vote saw late openings and slow delivery of ballots that forced tens of thousands to vote the next day, hit Lima hardest, and led ONPE chief Piero Corvetto to resign after threats.
• Ultraconservative Rafael López Aliaga said he will contest the results after placing third with 11.9% and finishing 21,209 votes behind Sánchez.
• Peru’s prosecutor has requested five years and four months in prison for Sánchez over alleged false declarations to election officials, raising the risk the runoff becomes a courtroom fight.