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Alejandro Toledo

(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Few adults in Peru openly support Alejandro Toledo, according to a poll by Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado. Only 11 per cent of respondents in Metropolitan Lima approve of the president's performance.

Toledo was elected in a run-off in June 2001. Last December, the Peruvian Congress authorized summoning Toledo—as well as first lady Eliane Karp and three of the president's siblings—to respond to allegations that a registry of Possible Peru (PP) party members included falsified signatures. Toledo won the 2001 election as the PP's nominee against Alan García of the American Revolutionary People's Alliance (APRA).

In May, congressman Edgar Villanueva issued the inquiry commission's final report. The document—endorsed by only three of the five commission members—accused Toledo of "illicit association" and "plotting against the public faith." Prime minister Carlos Ferrero dismissed the findings, saying, "This report has no use and its accusations have no value."

On Jul. 1, Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) announced that members of the military and law enforcement officers would be allowed to vote—but not to run as candidates—in the next general election, scheduled for Apr. 6, 2006. Toledo cannot seek a consecutive term.

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