Peru: electoral justice confirmed the triumph of Pedro Castillo | He will take office on July 28, despite Fujimori’s delaying tactics

All their requests having been rejected, Fujimori’s lawyers filed new appeals on a group of minutes on Friday, this time alleging alleged counting errors. The total number of votes of these acts on appeal is significantly less than the advantage of over 44,000 votes Castillo took from FujimoriSo, whatever the fate of these appeals, which experts say will most likely also be rejected, will not change the outcome of the elections.

For his false allegations of electoral fraud seeking to cancel polling stations in rural areas where Castillo has largely won, the prosecution opened an investigation into Fujimori for alleged crimes against the right to vote and false statements. All done, the right grouped around the current head of the Fujimori clan is now playing the card of delegitimizing the next government and boycotting its management. If they cannot prevent him from taking office, they will try to remove him from power. Since Castillo’s victory, the right has promoted a coup to overturn the elections. With the victory of the left confirmed in the last electoral instance, Fujimori and his allies have moved from verbal violence to street violence.

This week, Fujimori enraged, armed with sticks, tried to reach the government palace in central Lima, shouting insults against President Francisco Sagasti, repeating the accusations leveled by Keiko against the head of state, accusing him of siding with Castillo . The evidence, however, shows government neutrality. The Fujimori mob unleashed their fury against businesses in the surrounding streets. A newspaper photographer The Republic, one of the few media that did not support claims of the right to ignore Castillo’s triumph, was knocked down and beaten by several individuals. In their frustration and unbridled anger, the Fujimoristas threw it at everyone, including the media reporters who supported the fraudulent false speech. A television journalist and her cameraman were surrounded, insulted and threatened. Another reporter was assaulted from behind by a woman, who covered her head with a flag and started shooting at her. The crowd surrounded the car of the Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarté, who was on his way to a cabinet meeting, and started shaking him and hitting him with sticks. The same happened to the Minister of Housing, Solange Fernandez. About fifteen minutes passed until the police dispelled the attackers and the ministers could resume their march to reach the Government Palace.

The group that started the violence is called “The Resistance” and has been acting as a shock force against Fujimori for years. Now they have been renamed “The Uprising”. In the past, they have attacked the prosecutor who investigated Keiko and charged her with money laundering and criminal organization, as well as journalists critical of Fujimori.. Those of “The Resistance” like to take pictures giving the Nazi salute. In this week’s acts of violence, some wore vests with the fascist slogan “God, homeland, family” written on the back.

Keiko Fujimori tried to distance herself from the violence unleashed by her supporters with a tweet in which she rejected these actions, but her long relationship with this extremist group cannot be hidden. His speeches calling on his supporters to mobilize against a presumed non-existent electoral fraud and to “confront communism” created the conditions for the outbreak of this violence. Another character close to the leaders of this violent group, the former far-right presidential candidate Rafael López Aliaga, known as “Porky”, now Keiko’s ally, constantly encourages violence. “Death to Castillo”, “Death to Communism”, “Cursed Communists, get out of here” are some of the threats that fascist López Aliaga raises in every public demonstration in support of Keiko.

What happened this week is the biggest outbreak of violence since the election and the right’s refusal to accept defeat and calls against democratic legality, but not the only one. Previously, “La Resistencia” extremists attacked with sticks a group of Castillo supporters who were carrying out a peaceful vigil in front of the premises of the National Election Jury (JNE) pending the proclamation of the elected president. Fujimori’s supporters have repeatedly demonstrated in front of the homes of JNE magistrates and the head of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), the one in charge of counting the votes, shouting threats if they did not favor Fujimori’s interests. In the streets, marches with fascist symbols were seen shouting death cries against all those not aligned with them. They are small, but very aggressive.

In social networks there are many racist messages against Castillo and his voters, the majority of whom are residents of rural areas and popular sectors. “What happened marks a rupture. We respect peaceful protests, but what happened is inappropriate. We will not allow it, ”said President Sagasti, referring to the latest acts of violence.

On the other hand, this Saturday thousands returned to rally peacefully in the streets of Lima and other towns in support of Castillo. They are demanding his early proclamation as president-elect, which had been announced for this week, but which was delayed for a few days by the latest delaying tactics.