
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 10, 1995                   TAG: 9504110078
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: KNIGHT-RIDDER/TRIBUNE
DATELINE: LIMA, PERU                                 LENGTH: Short

FUJIMORI WINS EASY RE-ELECTION

Iron-fisted President Alberto Fujimori claimed victory Sunday in his re- election bid, but the balloting was questioned by candidates who alleged massive fraud leading up to it.

Fujimori, who imposed one-man rule three years ago but succeeded in crushing hyperinflation and a violent rebel insurgency, won 63.7 percent of the vote after 70 percent of the ballots had been counted, according to an unofficial tabulation by the polling firm Apoyo.

Javier Perez de Cuellar, the former U.N. secretary general, had 22.3 percent, according to Apoyo. He had hoped to deny Fujimori a majority and to force a runoff.

The rest of the vote was shared by 12 other presidential hopefuls.

After his apparent landslide victory was announced, a beaming Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, left his sister's house in Lima, climbed atop a shiny black car and was driven slowly through a crowd of supporters, waving and shaking hands.

``Chino! Chino!'' the crowd shouted, using a popular Peruvian nickname for anyone of East Asian descent.

Fujimori thanked the public, ``who not only backed me in these elections, but during five years of government.'' He said, ``We showed the world that in Peru, we practice democracy - authentic democracy, not just [one] with votes, but a democracy that brings well-being.''

by CNB