Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori attends a meeting at Peru's electoral board in Lima, Peru, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
LIMA (Reuters) - Kenji Fujimori, the youngest son of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori, said on Monday that he will run for president in 2021 if his sister Keiko Fujimori does not win a tight run-off election on June 5.
The comment contradicted Keiko Fujimori's pledge that no Fujimori would seek the presidency in the next election - part of her ongoing effort to shore up her democratic credentials with voters wary of a return to the authoritarian rule of her father, Alberto Fujimori.
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