Oct 3, 2010

INTERVIEWS: One of these two women will be mayor of Lima

This Sunday, Oct. 3, Lima residents will choose their new mayor. The race is led decisively by two candidates, Susana Villarán for Fuerza Social and Lourdes Flores for Partido Popular Cristiano, PPC. It is likely that for only the second time, Lima will be governed by a woman.


Over the past month, the campaign has turned rough. Lourdes Flores, a lawyer and two-time presidential candidate, has been questioned about a former client who is being investigated for links to narcotrafficking and was recently wiretapped. Villarán, a leftist, has been labeled a radical by opponents.

In the following interviews, meet the two candidates.

http://www.livinginperu.com/features-1694-politics-interviews-one-these-two-women-will-be-mayor-lima

7 comments:

  1. Hi teacher! How are you? Well, here is my comment about that day.
    I woke up very early at 6 a.m. It was Sunday so it was very hard get up early that day.
    I went with my sister because we voted in the same school. I got there at 8:15, I think.
    I thought "If I go early I'm going to come back early" but I was wrong. I had to wait. My table wasn't ready so I wait for 2 hours! I was so bored!
    Then a member of ONPE asked me: Do you vote in this table? We need a replace for the secretary. I answered very quickly: No, I don't. This is not my table.
    After that, I wait for another 30 minutes and later I could vote.
    I thought it would be an interesting experience but I was wrong. There were a lot of traffic and a lot of people. I came back home at 12:30 and I was very tired.
    And that's all!
    That was my day.
    Bye teacher Take Care =)
    Georgina Arce

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  2. Good Night,
    For me, Susana Villaran y Lourdes Flores shows the two segment of Lima society.
    The question is: Why these smart women want to be a Lima Mayor?
    In the case of Lourdes, be a Lima Mayor is the path to be prepare for the next presidential election in the year 2016.
    For Susana, it´s a good opportunity to improve Lima and to help poor people becuase she wants the "equality" .
    I tottaly sure that both candidates are good options for Lima and would made the turn around of Peru.

    Regards,
    Magaly Quiroz ( Intermedium 1)

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  3. Hi teacher.

    I think Lourdes Flores is better candidate to be mayor than susana Villaran, because she has political leadership to govern the Lima city, and continue the work left Castaneda Lossio. However Susana has not experience to take the power. And the comments say that she is linked to the radical party, but with a new face.

    Gabriela García

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  4. Lima has experienced in recent days, a fact never before experienced in our life Republican or in any other election, because the night of Sunday October 3, the day of the lessons in Lima and throughout Peru, the Lima went to sleep without knowing exactly who their mayor. Meanwhile, both candidates held their alleged victory.

    Villarán, educator of 61 years, leading to the 38.96 percent of the vote in the election of a main square of the fastest growing countries in the world, according to figures from the elections office with 58.2 percent of the votes counted.

    Hot on the heels included the conservative Lourdes Flores, considered a friend of the free market, with a 36.86 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results confirming the trend shown by polls to mouth polls.

    Another important thing to note is that whoever wins will be in Lima the first woman mayor in our history.

    In both cases, what people expect is that people who enter to work as mayor, put all their performance in serving the community and create development plans for our beautiful city.

    Regards

    Daniel Valle

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  5. good morning teacher, I think, lourdes is the perfect candidate because she is a determined woman,but Susana is gaining.Maybe she does good works.
    because Lima need help.
    ok,bye teacher.

    ana chavez

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  6. hello teacher i think lourdes is the best candidate because she is determinate.But
    Susana is the new major in lima, sure she does a lot of works.
    Lima need help.

    ana chavez

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  7. Good Night,
    For me, Susana Villaran y Lourdes Flores shows the two segment of Lima society.
    The question is: Why these smart women want to be a Lima Mayor?
    In the case of Lourdes, be a Lima Mayor is the path to be prepare for the next presidential election in the year 2016.
    For Susana, it´s a good opportunity to improve Lima and to help poor people becuase she wants the "equality" .
    I tottaly sure that both candidates are good options for Lima and would made the turn around of Peru.

    Regards,
    Magaly Quiroz ( Intermedium 1)

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