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Keiko Fujimori increases Peru poll lead in final stretch

Xinhua, April 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

With Peru's presidential election just a few days away on April 10, Keiko Fujimori is comforting her lead in the polls, with a Datum poll released Friday showing she stands at 36.1 percent, 1.7 percent higher than the last poll.

This opinion poll shows that the leader of the Popular Force (FP) party is 20.1 percent above her nearest competitor and looks to be headed for a comfortable presidential victory.

Despite her popularity, Fujimori is a controversial candidate as she is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, a former president (1990-2000) who was jailed for 25 years for crimes ranging from human rights violations to ordering killings.

The second place belongs to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a former prime minister now leading the Peruanos por el Kambio (PPK) party, who has 16 percent.

In third place stands Veronika Mendoza, for the Broad Front party, on 14.8 percent.

Despite this massive lead for Fujimori, Mendoza and Kuczynski are not giving up. They are competing fiercely for second place to face Fujimori in the second round, since it seems unlikely that any candidate will obtain the 50 percent needed to win in the first round.

On April 10, around 23 million Peruvians will be voting to elect the successor to President Ollanta Humala. Endit