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| Electoral council strikes No. 2 candidate from Peru race | Electoral council strikes No. 2 candidate from Peru race |
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| LIMA, Peru — Peru’s electoral council on Wednesday blocked the candidacy of the main challenger to front-runner Keiko Fujimori in April 10 presidential elections. | LIMA, Peru — Peru’s electoral council on Wednesday blocked the candidacy of the main challenger to front-runner Keiko Fujimori in April 10 presidential elections. |
| The body voided the candidacy of economist Julio Guzman by a vote of 3-2. It cited technical reasons having to do with the mechanism by which his party chose him as its candidate. Many Peruvians have criticized the ruling as petty. | |
| Guzman’s spokesman, Daniel Mora, called the ruling “a stain on the electoral process.” | Guzman’s spokesman, Daniel Mora, called the ruling “a stain on the electoral process.” |
| “It shouldn’t be elections officials who decide who becomes president,” he said. | “It shouldn’t be elections officials who decide who becomes president,” he said. |
| Peru’s institutions are still weak and corruption-riddled two decades after the autocratic rule of Fujimori’s father, Alberto. | Peru’s institutions are still weak and corruption-riddled two decades after the autocratic rule of Fujimori’s father, Alberto. |
| Guzman had surged in opinion polls that show him now preferred by about 17 percent of voters behind 35 percent for Keiko Fujimori, whose father is imprisoned for corruption and authorizing death squads. If that held, he would have faced Keiko Fujimori in a June 5 runoff. | |
| Guzman said he will appeal the ruling, but experts say a reversal is extremely unlikely. | |
| Last month, the candidate vowed to call a national protest should he be disqualified. | Last month, the candidate vowed to call a national protest should he be disqualified. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |