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Fujimori’s Daughter Enjoys Surge in Peru
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The daughter of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has become the most popular presidential contender in the South American country, according to a poll by CPI. 21.5 per cent of respondents would vote for Keiko Fujimori in the 2011 presidential election, up 6.7 points since February.
Lima mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio of National Solidarity (SN) is second with 15.8 per cent, followed by Ollanta Humala of the Union for Peru (UP) with 12.8 per cent, Lourdes Flores Nano of National Unity - Popular Christian Party (UN-PPC) with 11.1 per cent, and former president Alejandro Toledo with 10.1 per cent.
Support is lower for former prime minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, current prime minister Yehude Simón, the prospective candidate of the American Revolutionary People’s Alliance (APRA), former army commander Edwin Donayre, and Trujillo mayor César Acuña.
In June 2006, Alan García—a member of APRA—won Peru’s presidential election in a run-off against Humala, a nationalist. In July, García officially took over as president. He had previously served as Peru’s head of state from 1985 to 1990, when he oversaw a major economic crisis.
In October 2008, García accepted the resignation of his entire cabinet following allegations of corruption related to oil concessions. Leftist politician and Lambayeque Region president Simón took over as Peru’s new prime minister.
Alberto Fujimori served as Peru’s president from 1990 to 2000. He left office after a series of corruption allegations and settled in Japan—the homeland of his parents—where he lived in a self-imposed exile. In July 2003, the Peruvian government officially requested Fujimori’s extradition, which was denied. In November 2005, Fujimori was detained in Chile on the basis of an international warrant.
Fujimori’s trial by the penal division of Peru’s Supreme Court began in November 2007. On Apr. 7, he was found guilty "beyond all reasonable doubt" of all charges against him—including misuse of public funds, kidnapping and murder—and sentenced to serve 25 years in prison. In the early 1990s, Fujimori launched a crackdown on armed groups. A government-backed paramilitary squad known as the Colina Group was involved in two separate deadly operations in 1991 and 1992.
Also on Apr. 7, Keiko Fujimori—who was elected to Congress in 2006—claimed that the verdict was "pushed by the losers of the war and the revenge of those who believed in terrorism as a means for political action."
Polling Data
Which of these politicians would you support as a presidential candidate in 2011?
|
Apr. 2009 |
Feb. 2009 |
Nov. 2008 |
|
|
Keiko Sofía Fujimori |
21.5% |
14.8% |
13.0% |
|
Luis Castañeda Lossio |
15.8% |
20.5% |
18.0% |
|
Ollanta Humala |
12.8% |
15.1% |
16.9% |
|
Lourdes Flores Nano |
11.1% |
12.9% |
13.4% |
|
Alejandro Toledo |
10.1% |
11.1% |
10.8% |
|
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
2.5% |
2.8% |
n.a. |
|
Yehude Simón |
2.4% |
2.0% |
3.3% |
|
The APRA candidate |
1.9% |
2.2% |
n.a. |
|
Edwin Donayre |
1.6% |
1.9% |
n.a. |
|
César Acuña |
1.5% |
1.3% |
n.a. |
|
Mercedes Cabanillas |
n.a. |
n.a. |
3.2% |
Source: CPI
Methodology: Interviews with 1,426 Peruvian adults, conducted from Apr. 6 to Apr. 11, 2009. Margin of error is 2.9 per cent.