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Peruvian General Election, 2011

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  • 05-06-2011 2:08am
    #1
    Minuteman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Tomorrow's (June 5) election day in Peru, so if you live in Peru, go out there and vote! It's your right and it's the future of your country at stake. The main candidates are Keiko Fujimori (Force 2011) and Ollanta Humala (Peruvian Nationalist Party). Here's some info on the candidates and what they support/oppose.

    Keiko Fujimori
    Fujimori supports making Peru a safer place to live and improving the quality of law enforcement within the country. She also supports boosting tourism, building roads, ports, and airports within the country. Additionally, she supports creating more jobs and increasing the quality of the education system.

    Ollanta Humala
    Humala supports starting over entirely and creating a new government, which he plans to call the "Second Republic of Peru". He seeks to end corruption and improving the level of education. He supports busting monopolies and the creation of a socialist health care system.
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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,382 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    I wonder if Keiko is also in favour of her fathers war crimes.


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    rinuccini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭rinuccini


    Are you Peruvian Op?


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    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    I wonder if Keiko is also in favour of her fathers war crimes.

    She regrets his "mistakes".
    After previously vowing to pardon her father if elected, she now says she will wait for the Constitutional Court to rule on an appeal before deciding.
    http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-01/fujimori-nostalgia-in-peru-fuels-daughter-s-candidacy.html


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    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    These dynasties crack me up. Just because Daddy was supreme leader for decades does not mean his offspring will be any better.

    Or is it a reflection of the gullible electorate?

    With Syria, N. Korea etc., I understand that change is more difficult to implement, but Peruvians have the right to vote for whomever they want.

    There is something inherently wrong with countries having the same leader for a multitude of years, where the common denominator is the amassing of family fortunes in foreign banks.


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    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users Posts: 15,242 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    No beer in Peru for the weekend then.


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    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Minuteman wrote: »
    Tomorrow's (June 5) election day in Peru, so if you live in Peru, go out there and vote! It's your right and it's the future of your country at stake. The main candidates are Keiko Fujimori (Force 2011) and Ollanta Humala (Peruvian Nationalist Party). Here's some info on the candidates and what they support/oppose.

    Keiko Fujimori
    Fujimori supports making Peru a safer place to live and improving the quality of law enforcement within the country. She also supports boosting tourism, building roads, ports, and airports within the country. Additionally, she supports creating more jobs and increasing the quality of the education system.

    Ollanta Humala
    Humala supports starting over entirely and creating a new government, which he plans to call the "Second Republic of Peru". He seeks to end corruption and improving the level of education. He supports busting monopolies and the creation of a socialist health care system.

    OP, really, how many Peruvians do you think are on this site? And do you actually have an opinion on the election?

    And why do you keep setting up these random "educational" threads?


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    SugarHigh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,265 ✭✭✭SugarHigh


    southsiderosie wrote: »
    OP, really, how many Peruvians do you think are on this site? And do you actually have an opinion on the election?

    And why do you keep setting up these random "educational" threads?
    Why so aggressive? I'm not sure what makes his threads random, could you answer that?

    He's made a thread about something he's interested so how is that random?


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    steelcityblues
    Registered Users Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭steelcityblues


    http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/06/07/2003505156

    Humala wins - what are the OP's views?


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    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    SugarHigh wrote: »
    Why so aggressive? I'm not sure what makes his threads random, could you answer that?

    He's made a thread about something he's interested so how is that random?

    Why is there a "Get out the vote" thread on Peru with weirdly vague information about the candidates on an Irish website? I think the Peruvian elections are actually quite interesting, but there isn't really any information in the OP for those not familiar with what is going on there (or even an opinion), nor any real launching point for discussion.


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    sarkozy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭sarkozy


    I hope this doesn't cause trouble in Peru. I'm going there soon. Wouldn't be great to get caught up in something.

    Other than that, my opinion is great that the elitist, right-wing Fujimori didn't get in. It's not easy to wrest power from the ruling class when you're a poor Indian and in countries of the Southern Cone, it simply isn't reality if one thinks elections equals real democracy.

    Like I said, I hope this turnout doesn't cause strife, not so much for my impending visit, but for the ordinary people of Peru.


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