Approval rating of Peru's Kuczynski drops 8 points after scandal [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Approval rating of Peru's Kuczynski drops 8 points after scandal
Sun Oct 16, 2016 | 11:00am EDT


Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's approval rating dropped 8 percentage points to 55 percent after a corruption scandal forced him to fire his health adviser, an Ipsos poll published in a newspaper showed on Sunday.

Kuczynski's popularity had risen to 63 percent through September after a razor-thin victory in June's run-off election against right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori.

But leaked audios that appear to reveal presidential health advisor Carlos Moreno plotting to "mine" the public health system for personal benefit may have ended Peru's honeymoon with Kuczynski, 78, a centrist former investment banker.

Only 39 percent in the poll, published in local daily El Comercio, said Kuczynski's government was committed to fighting corruption. But a majority of those familiar with the Moreno scandal said the government had responded appropriately.


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