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Weekly Report - 14 May 2026 (WR-26-19)
PERU: Sánchez clinches second only to face charges
The second round of Peru’s presidential elections on 7 June will see Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Fuerza Popular (FP) face off against Roberto Sánchez of the left-wing Juntos por el Perú (JPP), after he built an unassailable lead over the third-placed candidate Rafael López Aliaga, the leader of the far-right Renovación Popular (RP). No sooner was the result confirmed, however, than it emerged that Sánchez had been formally charged with campaign finance violations by the public prosecutor’s office, which could potentially not only derail his presidential bid but also carry a jail sentence of more than five years.
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