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Weekly Report - 07 April 2016 (WR-16-13)
PERU: Congressional elections hold key to success
Keiko Fujimori should come first at a canter in presidential elections on 10 April, with the main interest surrounding who will secure second place and a chance to fight another day in a likely June run-off. There is another election being held this Sunday, however, the outcome of which could dictate how successfully the next president can govern over the coming five years. Local pollsters have largely ignored the congressional elections until the last two weeks but they are now predicting that Fujimori’s Fuerza Popular (FP) will be the best represented party in congress since the authoritarian government of her father Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s. While this would significantly strengthen her presidency, if she wins, it would seriously complicate matters for her conqueror if she does not.
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