Two weeks after the first round of elections, Peru still has no defined president. A runoff between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez seems imminent, but the third-place candidate, Rafael López Aliaga, has cast doubt by denouncing fraud and calling for the annulment of the results. Political uncertainty intensifies as the country awaits a resolution.
Voting systems under scrutiny: what went wrong with the count? 🔍
The Peruvian electoral process relies on a data transmission system that combines physical records with digitization. The delay in the official count, coupled with allegations of inconsistencies, has cast doubt on the efficiency of ONPE's computer platform. Developers point out that the real problem is not the code, but the slowness of manual verification of signatures and fingerprints—a bottleneck that any software update should resolve for future elections.
López Aliaga calls for everything to be annulled: the classic third-place plan B 🎭
Rafael López Aliaga has discovered the loser's manual: if you don't win, claim you were robbed. His fraud allegation comes just as the numbers give him fewer chances than an antivirus on a 2005 PC. Now all that's missing is for him to demand a hand recount with a magnifying glass and witnesses, while Peruvians wonder if their next president will come from the popular vote or a lottery among the records.