from the fight against Alberto Fujimori to the support of his daughter Keiko for the ballot in Peru

“I thank and welcome the support of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa, because at the moment we are not only facing the pandemic and hunger, but we are also faced with communismPeruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori (Popular Force, right) said.

“I thanked him for his support and I told him of my absolute commitment, as I have done for many years in my political career, with democracy, with freedom of expression and the independence of powers” , he added.

Fujimori – the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, who in 1992 launched an autonomous coup, collapsed Congress and the judiciary and is currently sentenced to prison – remarked that differences and discrepancies should be addressed. side at this time, according to the newspaper Trade.

The right-wing candidate pointed out that a possible victory for Pedro Castillo -your candidate on the ballot, leader of Free Peru (left) – would imply “the entry of 21st century socialism from Venezuela into our country“.

“He (for Vargas Llosa, NDR) told me of his concern over Mr. Castillo’s candidacy, as he pointed out in his column, as many merchants are concerned and have expressed their rejection of a possible entry of communism, because communism means what is happening in Venezuela, ”he added.

From the Tupac Amaru banana sellers cooperative in the San Luis district, Fujimori last night insisted that Peru is not only facing the Covid-19 pandemic and “hunger” right now, but also to “communism”.

Vargas Llosa – Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010 – said citizens should vote in favor of the presidential candidate of Fuerza Popular, in the second round to be held on June 6.

In a column published in the Mexican newspaper the Chronicle, entitled “Looking into the abyss”, the Peruvian novelist described the results of the general elections that took place on Sunday April 11 in Peru as “a surprise for everyone”.

“I have fought against Fujimorism (a movement led by Alberto Fujomori, NDR) in a systematic way, as I have done with all the dictatorships of the left or of the right, but I believe that in the next elections Peruvians must vote for Keiko Fujimori “, wrote.

And he stressed that the right-wing candidate, who is accused by the prosecution of her country of having allegedly founded a criminal association and money laundering, “represents the lesser evil and there is, with her in power, more possibilities to save our democracy., while with Pedro Castillo I don’t see any“.

For decades, the writer has been a staunch rival of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), who defeated him in the 1990 Peruvian elections, and maintained an open stance ofThe rejection of his daughter’s political proposal Keiko, who is running for the Peruvian presidency for the third time.

Castillo offers “quite contradictory” ideas, although these “as a rule” are “the extreme left in the economic field, and extreme right in the social, because it is against same-sex marriages, sex education in schools and abortion “.

After questioning his economic proposals, which include the nationalization and nationalization of companies and strategic economic sectors, Vargas Llosa said that if this is the company he proposes to createit is obvious that it will have all the characteristics of a communist society“.

And he warned that “it will likely mean a short-term military coup in Peru, by right-wing or left-wing military” which, as he noted, “will barbarically back down the country and l ‘will impoverish much more than it. is. “

Source: ANSA

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