Peruvians head to polling stations across the Andean nation, Lucas Iberico Lozada reports.
On 10 April, some 30 million Peruvians will head to polling stations across the Andean nation – where voting is obligatory – and cast their first-round ballots for president.
The current incumbent, Ollanta Humala, is barred from standing for re-election by a law designed to combat power consolidation. But this principle is endangered by former presidents’ determination to pursue non-consecutive terms. This is the case for two of the race’s front-runners: Keiko Fujimori and Alan García.
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