This Sunday at 7:00 AM --2:00 PM in peninsular Spain-- the polling stations opened for the second round of the presidential elections in Peru, in which the far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori and the left-wing contender Roberto Sánchez are vying for control of the Executive.
More than 27 million Peruvian citizens are called to vote on a day that will conclude at 5:00 PM --12:00 AM in peninsular Spain--. Added to this is the deployment in embassies and consulates abroad, as 1,210,813 Peruvians residing outside the country are on the census and can exercise their right to vote.
The electoral authorities have set up a total of 92,766 polling stations, of which 2,260 are located in Lima Metropolitana and the Constitutional Province of Callao, areas where serious logistical incidents related to material distribution were recorded in the first round.
The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) has ensured the distribution of 100 percent of the electoral material in all enabled voting locations in Lima and Callao.
In terms of security, a broad operation has been coordinated with the participation of 45,000 members of the Armed Forces and 61,000 agents of the National Police.
The latest Ipsos poll places Fujimori, candidate for Fuerza Popular, with 38% of voting intention compared to 35% for her opponent from Juntos por el Perú. Fujimori already won clearly in the first round held on April 12, obtaining 17% of the support in elections marked by a grotesque fragmentation of votes with 35 presidential candidates and by citizen fatigue with the continuous political crises that have led the country to have ten different presidents in the last ten years.