Peru candidate's supporters call for vote annulment amid disputed election results

Supporters of Peruvian presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga have taken to the streets of Lima alleging electoral fraud in last week's vote. Lopez Aliaga, an ultra-conservative former mayor, is demanding authorities annul ballots from Andean regions and hold supplementary elections before May, though he has offered no evidence of fraud. International and national monitors confirmed serious irregularities, including delayed ballot deliveries that prevented more than 50,000 people from voting on time, but found no proof of fraud. Preliminary results show Lopez Aliaga trailing left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez by fewer than 10,000 votes for second place in the race to June's run-off, while Keiko Fujimori leads with 17 percent. More than 1.7 million ballots have been challenged, and final results are now delayed until mid-May. Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports from Lima, Peru. Subscribe to our channel: bit.ly
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