I'm John Batchler. This is the New World Report. I welcome my good colleagues, Alej

Pina Excluza, member of the opposition in Venezuela, traveling in Europe, and Ernesto Arrugio, former

Foreign Minister of Republic of Brazil, traveling in North America. Gentlemen, I go immediately

to the sound of voting. This is Reuters reporting. Calls grow to remove Peru election chief as vote count drags on.

Subhead calls to remove the head of Peru's electoral authority intensified as delays and

alleged irregularities clouded the presidential vote count with no clear challenge you're

emerging to face conservative

frontrunner Keiko Fujimura in a runoff in June.

Alejandro, I begin with you on this matter because what suddenly emerged after we spoke

last week was a candidate representing the Castillo left, a candidate who's very well educated,

a teacher and a member of the assembly, but in any event, chose to wear that big sombrero

that Castillo regarded as his signature for the vote in 2022, came out looking to be the number

two from well behind, looking to be the number two in the June runoff.

This does not look like it's going in a good direction. What are you watching for? Good evening to you,

Alejandro. Good evening, John. Yes, you're right. And this candidate, his name is Roberto Sanchez, was six, was in the sixth place.

And suddenly he's in the second place as the accounting is dragging up.

I've been following the official electoral authorities, Peruvian electoral authorities website,

and it's been paralyzed since two or three days ago at 93%. So the second, after

Keiko Fuhimori was Rafael Lopez Aliyaga, a right-wing candidate, the major of Lima.

And now he was second. And now all of a sudden he's in third place. Of course, the difference is less than 20,000

votes between Roberto Sanchez and Lopez Aliyaga, so anything can happen. But there were many

irregularities. One of them was the devoting centers in Lima, where the votes were going

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