Peru's president-elect promises "social revolution" to tackle inequality

Peruvian President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said Tuesday that he will begin a "social revolution" to deal with inequality in various parts of the country.

Kuczynski, the leader of the Peruvians for Change party, attended a ceremony to receive his presidential credentials from the National Elections Board on Tuesday.

"We have succeeded in making a great change in the last 25 years but we still need ... the social revolution in Peru," Kuczynski said at the event, emphasizing the need to raise the level of social and economic development in other provinces beyond Lima, particularly for poor people living in the Andes or the Amazon.

The next government will seek "to ensure that the large majority who go to public schools can receive the same level of education as those who go to private schools," he said.

The president-elect also called on all social and political sectors of society to team up with his administration so as to jointly tackle Peru's development issues.

"We must maintain our unity. There are many differences between us, but ultimately, we have just completed our fourth democratic electoral transition since 2001," Kuczynski noted.

Kuczynski will take over from current President Ollanta Humala next month and rule in the next five years. Endi