Keiko Fujimori: “If there is an early election, I will not be a presidential candidate”

Keiko Fujimori, leader of Fuerza Popular, again indicated that she would not run again as a presidential candidate if early election. However, he criticized the fact that Congress did not approve this initiative to overcome the political crisis.

“If there are early elections, I am not going to run for president, but what cannot be is to look from the outside. What cannot be is that there is no way out, and I appeal to the political parties that defend democracy. that we are trying to find this solution. And if they use the date as an excuse, the president of Congress can also expand the legislature. The Peruvian people will be able to draw their own conclusions and judge each political group by how they voted, he told his departure from the Government Palace.

Keiko Fujimori met this Wednesday with President Dina Boluarte as part of a round of dialogue with political forces and assured that the fastest way to find a solution to what is happening in the country is early elections this year.

“The fastest way out of this crisis would be to hold elections in 2023. I pointed out this position several times a few months ago and that the position of the Fuerza Popular congressmen was seen in the vote; I saw a strange coincidence between extremes, such as the right and the left, which, unfortunately, boycotted the exit, making excuses like the Constituent Assembly, or making pretexts, wanting supposed reforms, ”he said.

On the other hand, Fujimori criticized Colombian President Gustavo Petro for meddling in internal affairs. This is in relation to the President’s comments regarding the National Police calling them Nazis.

“I want to note that after Petr’s statements, I ask him not to poke his red nose into Peru. We are not going to put up with foreign terrorism, I want to say hello to the Colombian people, but my complete rejection of the guerrilla Gustavo Petro,” he concluded.

Round of dialogue continues

The president Dina Boluarte He previously met with representatives of Somos Perú, and tomorrow he plans to meet with Alianza Para el Progreso leader Cesar Acuña. The meeting will take place at the Government Palace.

Luis Valdés, general secretary of Alianza Para el Progreso (APP), confirmed that on Thursday morning he would attend a meeting called by President Dina Boluarte as part of her round of talks with several political factions, along with his party’s leader Cesar Acuna. .

Speaking to Amplification of RPP News, Valdez indicated that APP will make proposals to help bring the country to “the turning point and the calm that all Peruvians need in times of stress like the ones we are going through.”