Lima ¨C After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru¡¯s presidential race by the country¡¯s electoral office on Friday.
Fujimori won 50.135% of the vote in the June 7 runoff to clinch the nation¡¯s top office ?in her fourth run for the presidency, just ahead of leftist congressman Roberto Sanchez¡¯s 49.865%, a difference of about 50,000 votes out ?of ?18 million.
¡°We¡¯re going to identify all the best practices, initiatives, and projects that have yielded results so ?that they can continue,¡± Fujimori said at her party headquarters alongside her staff, adding that ¡°today marks the beginning of a new era for Peru ¡ª an era of responsibility, dialogue, and results to restore confidence in our institutions.¡±
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