and Humala narrow lead FUJIMORI IN PERU: POLLS
LIMA (Reuters) - The conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori closed the gap against nationalist Ollanta Humala in the race for the presidency Perú y pasó arriba en una encuesta difundida el domingo, con un gran número de indecisos que será clave para definir el balotaje de junio.
Sin embargo, en otro sondeo Humala mantuvo el liderazgo frente a Fujimori, aunque con un pequeño margen de ventaja, por que los expertos afirman que ambos siguen en un empate técnico.
Fujimori, partidaria del libre mercado, obtuvo un 41 por ciento de las intenciones de voto, una leve ventaja frente al 39 por ciento de Humala, dijo una encuesta de Ipsos Apoyo.
El resultado muestra un avance de tres puntos porcentuales por parte de Fujimori y un estancamiento de Humala, quien moderó su discurso izquierdista but still of concern to investors, compared with a previous survey by Ipsos Apoyo.
The poll showed for the first time Fujimori leading the preferences in the ballot, but the margin of error of 2.2 percentage points could be interpreted as a dead heat, according to the director of Ipsos Apoyo, Alfredo Torres.
Support The Ipsos poll said the number of people who say they voted blank, null or those yet to choose a candidate is high and reaches 20 percent. But the figure is slightly lower than the previous survey.
candidates seek to win over these undecided voters to tip the electoral balance on the ballot June 5. The opponent who gets one more vote than the other wins.
"There is a small reduction of undecided voters has been to increase the Fujimori vote, so she comes out slightly ahead, but from a statistical point of view is still a tie," said Torres to Channel America Television.
Support The Ipsos poll was conducted between April 30 and May 6 to 2,020 people nationwide.
Another poll released Sunday night, the Datum firm said Humala has 40 percent, while Fujimori 39.1 percent, with 20.9 percent of people who do not defined by those who vote to nullify the vote.
Datum The poll has a larger universe of 5,010 people interviewed between 1 and 6 May, with a margin of error of 1.4 percentage points, it said.
QUESTIONING GOVERNMENT PLANS
The voting intention polls have shaken the financial markets. In the last week the Lima stock exchange rose by 10.9 percent and Humala declining expectations of a breakthrough of the Fujimori candidate.
Torres said the candidate has begun to rise in the polls as a result of challenges to the plan of Government of Humala.
Some analysts believe that the proposals populist former paratrooper still worried because they could jeopardize fiscal stability and economic lines that has made Peru one of the fastest growing countries in the world.
But others acknowledge that any radical change in economic direction would be hard for whoever the next president, due to the fragmented Congress, where no political force has a majority, and alliances will be key.
Humala, 48, has moderated his speech and has distanced himself politically from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who supported him in the 2006 elections.
Now is at least radical thinking of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to be located closer to the center and obtain the support of moderates. Fujimori
while still carries the liability of his father, former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a sentence of 25 years in prison for human rights violations and corruption that hit his government between 1990 and 2000.
Keiko Fujimori, 35, has tried to distance himself from his father's authoritarian government and has even sworn that would pardon him if comes to power after elections in June.
(Reporting by Marco Aquino, Edited by Paul Garibian)
