MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Peruvian electorate disenchanted.

Peru's two hopefuls in the presidential run off exchanged claims of illegal campaign funding while a growing segment of the electorate expressed their frustration anticipating they will cast invalid protest votes in the coming round.

Indian born Harvard educated economist Alejandro Toledo still has a few points lead over former president Alan García, but almost 25% of the electorate is being organised behind two well known journalists who are rejecting the possibility that either candidate can become Peru's next president. Mr. Toledo has been accused by a former aide of having laundered to private accounts campaign funds, possibly including part of a million US dollars contribution from British-Hungarian tycoon George Soros. Besides he was described as a heavy drinker, of having experienced drugs, even recently, and womanize including refusal to recognise an alleged extra marital 12 years old daughter. Mr. García on the other is accused of receiving funds from undisclosed sources including the International Socialist. The invalid vote protest group is reminding Peruvians that Mr. García a decade ago left the country virtually in default, with a 6000% hyperinflation, opening the doors for the ten years of former strongman Alberto Fujimori, who fled the country and is currently exiled in Japan. Peruvian Prosecutors from the Anti Corruption Office are expected to request Mr. Fujimori's extradition in the coming weeks working on evidence that the former president and his Intelligence advisor Mr. Montesinos, still on the run, could have funneled up to a billion US dollars from Peru during their ten years of quasi dictatorship. There's no fixed date scheduled yet for the run off. First round took place April 8th.