García Confident Of Place In Run-off

Former president of Peru, Alan García, says he is confident that he will beat off rival Lourdes Flores to proceed to the second round of voting to elect Peru’s president. He will face the victor of the first round, nationalist Ollanta Humala, in a run-off slated for May 28 or June 4. García has said he will withdraw his complaints against voting carried out abroad in the US, Italy and Spain, such is his confidence in his victory. However, with 89.5% of the votes counted, the difference in votes between the two second-round contenders had narrowed to just a little over 95,000 votes. Humala had garnered 30.90%; García 24.38% and Flores 23.53%.