Daughter of jailed former president says she will respect the law after failure of appeals against tight election result
Peruvian right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has admitted she is headed for defeat in last month’s election, but accused socialist rival Pedro Castillo of winning in an “illegitimate” manner and pledged to mobilise her supporters.
Castillo came out of the run-off vote on 6 June ahead by a scant 44,000 votes. The official result has been delayed by appeals from Fujimori aimed at annulling some ballots over fraud accusations, despite little evidence.
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