| Sumario: | Peruvians will elect a new president and congress on April 9, 2000, but the current president, Alberto Fujimoro, and his consorts within the National Intelligence Service, have developed a plan that will facilitate his own reelection to a third term in office in Peru. The plan includes removing legal obstacles to an unconstitutional third term, acquiring control over the electoral agencies charged with carrying out and overseeing the electoral process, and tipping the balance of power on the electoral playing field in favor of Fujimoro. Polls have consistently revealed that almost 70 percent of Peruvians do not think that Fujimoro should run for a third term in office; therefore, the President could not risk a free and fair popular vote if he wants to win. However, the lack of public confidence in the electoral process means that those elected by it are at risk of losing both legitimacy and public support—which is something President Fujimoro should remember as he nears a third term in office.
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