Suspected of Buying Votes, Peru’s Presidential Frontrunner Gets to Stay in the Race
Source: Global Voices
Suspected of Buying Votes, Peru’s Presidential Frontrunner Gets to Stay in the Race
Translation posted 31 March 2016 20:57 GMT
Finally, during the wee hours of March 24, 2016, the Special Electorate Jury (JEE) of Downtown Lima announced its decision not to exclude from Peru's presidential election Keiko Fujimori, the frontrunner and daughter of controversial former president Alberto Fujimori. The court found a lack of evidence to demonstrate that she failed to comply with a paragraph in Peru's law of political organizations that prohibits giving or promising gifts, donations, or money.
Citizens Ermes Lerzundi Silvera and Inés Consuelo Perdomo Pacaya, former political militants, presented the petition for exclusion on February 2016, claiming that Keiko Fujimori had given money during a rally organized by the youth group called Factor K, which is connected to Fujimori's Popular Force party. Protests against her candidacy broke out when the country's news media caught wind of the petition.
The JEE ruled that she did not hand out “money in a direct or indirect manner,” pointing out that “the event was always considered a union gathering, not a rally.”
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But things did not end there. The JEE also ruled in favor of Kenji Fujimori, Keiko's brother and a candidate in Peru's congressional race. He was also facing exclusion from the elections, following allegations (not dismissed) that he made a donation.
Read more: https://globalvoices.org/2016/03/31/suspected-of-buying-votes-perus-presidential-frontrunner-keiko-fujimori-gets-to-stay-in-the-race/
