Peru Election: As Keiko inches ahead, a scandal looms
The latest Ipsos opinion data shows each candidate winning a different method of polling. When asked directly by Ipsos personnel, 42% opted for Kuczynski while only 41% said they would vote for Fujimori. However in Ipsos’s vote simulation, which replicates a secret-ballot situation, Fujimori won 44.1% of votes compared to Kuczynski’s 43.8%.
The data indicate a slight gain for Kuczynski since last week, when the former U.S. citizen’s eight-day visit to the United States as well as segment-targeted proposals from Fujimori drove the former first lady to a three-point lead.
"I categorically reject having handled or handed over money to ... Ramirez," Fujimori told local TV in Cusco, where she was campaigning ahead of the June 5 vote."Of course we will formally ask the DEA's opinion, if there really is such an investigation," she said, adding that the request would be presented to the U.S. embassy within hours.
The allegations threaten to damage Fujimori's campaign. Most recent polls indicate that the daughter of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori and her rival, centrist technocrat Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, are running neck and neck.
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