The 54-year-old opposition leader says he wants to postpone the vote until mid-June to frustrate an alleged plot by Fujimori to steal the election. That demand enjoys the backing of the Organization of American States (OAS), which sharply criticized the numerous irregularities of the first-round balloting. The OAS and American democracy watchdog groups have been urging the government to clean up vote-counting procedures and give Toledo equal access to most of the country’s television channels. But those proposals were mostly ignored. For his part, Fujimori has accused Toledo of pulling out in order to save face. In a speech last week he said, “They don’t like the rules because they know they will lose the elections.”
