Behind in the count by 2,000 votes, Roberto Sánchez proposes a recount of 'all the minutes that the legislation allows' in Peru

Peru's presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez during an interview
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Roberto Sánchez, Peru's presidential candidate, asked this Friday (12) for a "recount in all the minutes that the legislation allows to review" due to the small difference in votes between him and his opponent, Keiko Fujimori.
With 98.271% of the ballots counted, Keiko Fujimori leads the presidential race with 50.004% of the votes, or just 1,616 votes.
Sánchez asked his opponent to join him in requesting a recount.
"In view of the extreme narrowness of the electoral result, I want to publicly formulate an invitation to Keiko Fujimori to meet as soon as possible and act together in defense of transparency and citizen trust", said the deputy, in a message published on the social network X. "The current difference is so small that Peru deserves that there should be no doubt about the will expressed at the polls."
"For this reason, I propose that we jointly request an exhaustive review and a recount of the votes in all those minutes that the legislation allows for review, with full respect for electoral institutions and current norms", asks Sánchez.
According to the official vote count website, only 9 ballot boxes are pending counting, and another 1,595 are marked as "for submission to JJE". The JJE (special electoral body) is the highest body for the Peruvian election, equivalent to the TSE in Brazil.
The submission may signal inconsistencies or possible errors in the counting of the minutes. In the country, voting is done using paper ballots and placed in the ballot box. Each voting table, in turn, generates minutes.
Recount
The partial recount was already expected by the Peruvian electoral body. Before the second round, the JJE published a statement saying that the declaration of the winner could take time.
The president of the JEE, Roberto Rolando Burneo Bermejo, said that the recount process is time-consuming, and, therefore, estimated that the result could only be released in mid-July, given the proximity of the number of votes for each candidate.
The number of minutes under review is small compared to the total number of votes in Peru - in total, there are 92,700 minutes in the Peruvian electoral system. However, the dispute in the count is so fierce that the revised minutes can redefine the result.
Bermejo also stated that more minutes can be submitted for recounts if the National Elections Jury deems this to be the case.
Recounts can be carried out for different reasons, such as:
The number of electoral ballots does not correspond to the number of voters from that electoral table;
When there is a discrepancy in the number of votes in the minutes and the corresponding ballot box;
When competing parties dispute the result of the minutes and the electoral board accepts the challenge.

Source: G1