Peru's outgoing president seeks 'calm' as vote result drags

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Peru's caretaker leader Francisco Sagasti moved Friday to 'maintain calm in difficult times,' speaking to actors on both sides of a polarized ...

Fujimori risks an imminant trial on corruption charges unless she wins the presidency AFP/ERNESTO BENAVIDESLIMA: Peru's caretaker leader Francisco Sagasti moved Friday to"maintain calm in difficult times," speaking to actors on both sides of a polarized presidential campaign still to yield a result five days after elections.

If it rules in her favor, Fujimori could be declared the winner and so delay a corruption trial until the end of her term, under Peruvian law. Among sitting leaders, he received felicitations from Nicaragua's first lady and vice president Rosario Murillo, Bolivian leader Luis Arce and Argentina's Alberto Fernandez.

 

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