Peruvian Presidential Elections
- Aitana (Peru)
- Sep 22, 2016
- 2 min read
10th of April, 2016.
To many, this day may seem like any other. However, for Peruvians, its a day that had been awaited. On this date, the Peruvian presidential elections were held. Many candidates, ranging from a current prisoner, to well educated individuals were battling for this prestigious position. The first round of elections happened, and two candidates passed to the second round: Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczinsky.
There’s no point in ranting about why I don't like Keiko Fujimori. Just to start off, she’s the daughter of the 7th most corrupt (ex) president in the world (Alberto Fujimori). Not to say that this means she’s necessarily a bad leader (or person), it just gives you a first impression. Alberto is a famous ex president which “ended terrorism” in Peru, and boosted the economy. However, he was involved with millions of corruption scandals, human rights abuses and imposed himself as a “absolute ruler”. People say that Keiko is totally separate from his father ideologies and decisions, but its a statement that’s hard to believe.
The other candidate was Pedro Pablo Kuczynski He is a well-qualified individual. Pedro Pablo studied in Exeter College, Oxford and Princeton. After that, he was the prime Minister of Energy and Mines for Belaunde’s presidency in Peru (1980). Consequently, he has been on prestigious positions all over the world and has made a great job. He may sound as the perfect candidate, however, many Peruvians didn’t support him because they weren’t (and many currently aren’t) educated on his accomplishments, and instead, they vote based on appearance or voice, aspects where Pedro Pablo doesn’t necessarily excel.
Finally, as the last round of elections occurred, PPK raised the bars. The final results were established, and the percentages were 50,12% (PPK) and 49,8% (Keiko). Many Peruvians, consumed with joy, as many were filled with anger and frustration. As you can see, half of the country voted for one political party and the other for the opposite (approx.).
If Keiko had been elected, it wouldn’t had only meant Peru's first female president, but also a very controversial one. The new president proposes many new ideas that will hopefully be implemented in the country during his presidency. For instance, to solve the issues of insecurity, he will expand the surveillance and patrolling areas of Peru, ensuring that the police work in coordination with patrols and intervene in social programs in urban neighborhoods. In addition, to improve the health systems, he will buy medicines and supplies corporately, and protect the accessibility to the individuals. Now, that PPK has been chosen to lead, in my opinion, Peru has a strong chance of growing and improving as a country, but hopefully not at the cost of the country facing more corruption in office.
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