Fujimori, a candidate of the Fuerza Popular (Popular Force-FP) party, and her rival, Sanchez, who will compete for the presidency in the June 7 runoff, compared their plans and political positions on citizen security and crime, the fight against corruption, education, innovation and technology, and employment, development, and entrepreneurship.

However, what most impacted commentators and the public were the attacks and barbs they exchanged on political, social, and human rights issues, with greater emphasis in the case of Sanchez, which Fujimori seemed to avoid by focusing on future projects and programs.

Politically, Fujimori insisted that she aspires to the Presidency to restore order and security in the face of rampant crime, evoking the controversial, iron-fisted government (1990-2000) of his late father, Alberto Fujimori.

Sanchez, in turn, stated that his possible government, which during the campaign included center and left-wing parties and prominent figures, aims to build a democratic bloc to restore the institutional order disrupted by FP and its allies, who seized control of State powers and other entities under a corrupt, mercantilist capitalist regime.

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