Peruvian Presidential Candidate Keiko Fujimori May Win in April 2016

Summary: Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori must await the second presidential elections round in June 2016 since she may not have enough votes in April.

At least 30,000 protesters marched in Lima Tuesday, April 5, 2016: Iliana R.Santibáñez @ilrodrig, via Twitter April 6, 2016

At least 30,000 protesters are estimated to be causing Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori to re-think her campaign strategy and to suspend last-minute events before Sunday's national presidential elections April 10, 2016.

The 24th anniversary of presidential interventions in the central government’s judicial and legislative branches brought protesters to Lima, the Republic's national capital April 5, 2016. The demonstrations concerned Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi, eldest daughter of Alberto Kenya Fujimori Fujimori, 45th President of Peru from July 28, 1990, to Nov. 22, 2000. The signs of demonstrators declared Fujimori Nunca Más (Fujimori Never Again), Keiko No Va (Keiko, No Way) and Jurado Nacional, Vergüenza Nacional (National Jury, National Shame). They expect her to pardon her father, whose Alianza por el Futuro (Alliance for the Future), until 2010, and Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) run her campaigns.

Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori finds herself the only one of nine campaigners whose cultural connections and political legacies are advantageous and disadvantageous, controversial and conventional. Her political experience goes back to her service, from Aug. 23, 1994 to Nov. 22, 2000, between the ages of 19 and 25 as First Lady. She holds the record for receiving the most votes thus far as National Congresswoman elected to represent Lima, from July 28, 2006, to July 28, 2011. The 2016 campaign is her second presidential candidacy, with her first run placing second in the first and the second rounds of the 2011 presidential elections.

Sixty-two year-old Rafael Rey Rey, running mate in 2011, and 71-year-old Clemente Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka, Fujimori administration minister, join as Vice and Second Vice Presidential candidates.

Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori keeps less public ties with her mother Susana than with Satomi Kataoka, hotel magnate and stepmother since April 6, 2006.

Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa, Frente Independiente Moralizador (Independent Moralizing Front) Congresswoman for Lima, from July 28, 1990 to July 27, 2000, leads in criticisms of her ex-husband. Her allegations of criminal misdoings before, during and subsequent to filed and finalized divorce proceedings between 1994 and 1996 mark the first significant expression of anti-Fujimorism. Her 77-year-old ex-husband needs a presidential pardon to be released from the Lima area police base where, since 2007, his 25-year sentence is being carried out.

Convictions in December 2007 for illegal searches and seizures and in April, July and September 2009 for human rights violations, embezzlement and bribery occasioned the imprisonment.

The decrease in the number of political rivals from 18 campaign competitors to nine proves to be a major criticism of Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. Lima’s demonstrators question the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (National Jury of Elections) barring two front-runners for distributing cash during campaigns and for violating minor electoral procedures. They resent a similar disqualification not being declared against the Fujimori political campaign for Popular Force aides allegedly engaging in similar distributions of cash and gifts.

The results of Ipsos polls suggest that 45 percent of Peruvians, who are required by law to vote, will vote for one of four front-running rivals.

Political analysts and pollsters think that the second round of presidential elections June 5, 2016, will declare Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori Peru's president, or not.

Keiko Fujimori's passport: Keiko Fujimori @KeikoFujimori, via Twitter Aug. 15, 2015

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

At least 30,000 protesters marched in Lima Tuesday, April 5, 2016: Iliana R. Santibáñez @ilrodrig, via Twitter April 6, 2016, @ https://twitter.com/ilrodrig/status/717694241435033601

Keiko Fujimori's passport: Keiko Fujimori @KeikoFujimori, via Twitter Aug. 15, 2015, @ https://twitter.com/KeikoFujimori/status/632591414250065920

For further information:

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Available @ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-06/at-least-30000-march-in-peru-protesting-against-keiko-fujimori/7305516

Collyns, Dan. 6 April 2016. “Thousands Protest against Presidential Bid by Daughter of Corrupt Former Peru Leader.” The Guardian > World > Americas > Peru.
Available @ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/peru-anti-fujimori-protests-days-ahead-of-elections

Iliana R. Santibáñez @ilrodrig. 6 April 2016. "Protests in Peru against Keiko Fujimori's campaign @AJEnglish." Twitter.
Available @ https://twitter.com/ilrodrig/status/717694241435033601

Keiko Fujimori @KeikoFujimori. 15 August 2015. "Siempre he tenido un sólo pasaporte, una sola nacionalidad y una sola bandera: La peruana." Twitter.
Available @ https://twitter.com/KeikoFujimori/status/632591414250065920

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Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2016/06/2016-peruvian-presidential-elections.html

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Available @ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/keiko-fujimori-presidential-bid-angers-peruvians-160406090339183.html

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Available @ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-election-idUSKCN0X30GY

Taj, Mitra; and Cespedes, Teresa. 7 April 2016. “As Peru’s Fujimori Splits Voters, Race Is on for Runner-up.” Yahoo! News.
Available @ https://www.yahoo.com/news/perus-fujimori-splits-voters-race-runner-171553919.html

“Tens of Thousands in Peru Protest against Presidential Candidate Fujimori.” 6 April 2016. DW > World > Latin America.
Available @ http://www.dw.com/en/tens-of-thousands-in-peru-protest-against-presidential-candidate-fujimori/a-19170219