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Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru president after narrow election win
Al Jazeera • • world
Key Points:
- Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as Peru’s president after narrowly winning a runoff election focused on voter concerns about rising crime and political instability.
- Fujimori, 51, defeated left-wing rival Roberto Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes and becomes Peru’s ninth president in a decade, promising to restore stability amid ongoing turmoil.
- Her campaign emphasized a tough approach to crime, proposing measures such as a mega-prison, anonymous judges, deportations of undocumented migrants, and mandatory prisoner labor.
- Fujimori’s presidency marks the return of the controversial Fujimori political dynasty, with her father, Alberto Fujimori, remembered both for defeating insurgents and for human rights abuses and corruption.
- Critics fear her administration could undermine civil liberties and political stability, while opposition groups call for investigations into past government abuses and stronger anti-crime measures.
