The electoral observation mission in Peru of the Organization of American States (OAS) pointed out this Sunday, June 7, that the day of the second round of the presidential elections takes place “calmly and peacefully”and urged the population to calmly await the results.
“We have been present in around 300 electoral precincts and the day is developing calmly and peacefully. The problems that have arisen have been resolved in accordance with current regulations,” said the head of the mission, the Bolivian Víctor Rico.
The OAS, which has deployed 92 observers in the country for this electoral event, reported a participation of 35% in the middle of the day, in which voting takes place between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time (between 12:00 and 22:00 GMT).
“We call on Peruvians who have not yet voted to go out and vote, because it is a very important day for Peruvian democracy. It is the day that sovereignty returns to the people. Citizens have to express themselves through their vote and wait calmly for the results,” said Rico.
The second round of the presidential elections is held between the right-wing Keiko Fujimori, daughter and political heir of former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who was sentenced to prison for crimes against humanity and corruption scandals; and the leftist Roberto Sánchez, who vindicates former president Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), convicted of the failed coup d’état at the end of 2022.
More than 27.3 million Peruvians are called to the polls to elect the country’s next president for the period 2026-2031, in elections that could make the winner the ninth president of Peru in the last ten years, after a decade marked by political instability and a succession of presidential dismissals promoted from Parliament.
