Fujimori reappeared in the political arena of the neighboring country months after leaving prison by announcing that he has joined the Fuerza Popular political party, founded by his daughter, Keiko Fujimori.
Thursday June 20, 2024 9:54 hrs.
Former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori was released from his prison sentence for “humanitarian reasons.” Photo: video capture Canal F, YouTube.
The former Peruvian dictator, Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), 85 years oldreappeared in the political arena of the Andean country months after leaving prison by announcing that he has joined the Fuerza Popular political party, founded by his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, while the political party did not rule out a possible candidacy for the moment.
“Alberto Fujimori, founding leader of Fujimorism, takes his place in Fuerza Popular,” he announced through a video published on his profile on the social network X in which he signs his membership form. Her daughter, for her part, highlighted that it is “great news for all of Fujimori” and specified that the signing took place last Saturday.
The undersecretary general and spokesperson for Fuerza Popular, Miguel Torres, pointed out that the possible candidacy, “whether to the Presidency or the Senate, it is an issue that will be defined in the future“. “It will be defined by a very personal decision by former President Fujimori, a family decision and then, if they made a decision, we would be the happiest to support a candidacy,” he stated in statements to Canal N.
“Today is not a launch, a candidacy is not being defined. “It is being celebrated that the founding leader is coming home,” said Torres, who added that the former president plans to replace his daughter in the leadership of the party for the next elections: “I would not see him as a replacement for anyone. What we have is the luxury of having two great leaders.”
The general secretary of the group, Luis Galarreta, who considered that the announcement “demonstrates the unity that exists, which is a strong and solid unity“He indicated that the issue of the candidacy is not a priority because Fujimori’s health is fragile. If he were to run, he stated that Keiko would be “the first one to be enthusiastic” and that she “would be the head of his campaign.”
The former leader of the country was released from prison in December 2023, where he had been since 2007 serving a 25-year sentence for the massacre of dozens of civilians. He benefited in 2017 from a humanitarian pardon granted by the then president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, because his legal team alleged health problems due to his advanced age, however, Justice overthrew him months later, until the final resolution of the year. past.
In addition to the 25-year sentence, Fujimori has another criminal process ahead, along with several of his Health Ministers, for the forced sterilizations of almost 350,000 women and 25,000 men of different indigenous communities during his government. He did not repent for his crimes nor did he pay civil reparation, which the Attorney General’s Office estimated at 57 million soles (14 million euros).
During years of judicial litigation, (the Constitutional Court ordered his release despite the request to postpone the measure by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights) Human Rights defense organizations warned of the seriousness of his crimes when determining his release.
The former Peruvian dictator, Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), 85 years oldreappeared in the political arena of the Andean country months after leaving prison by announcing that he has joined the Fuerza Popular political party, founded by his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, while the political party did not rule out a possible candidacy for the moment.
“Alberto Fujimori, founding leader of Fujimorism, takes his place in Fuerza Popular,” he announced through a video published on his profile on the social network X in which he signs his membership form. Her daughter, for her part, highlighted that it is “great news for all of Fujimori” and specified that the signing took place last Saturday.
The undersecretary general and spokesperson for Fuerza Popular, Miguel Torres, pointed out that the possible candidacy, “whether to the Presidency or the Senate, it is an issue that will be defined in the future“. “It will be defined by a very personal decision by former President Fujimori, a family decision and then, if they made a decision, we would be the happiest to support a candidacy,” he stated in statements to Canal N.
“Today is not a launch, a candidacy is not being defined. “It is being celebrated that the founding leader is coming home,” said Torres, who added that the former president plans to replace his daughter in the leadership of the party for the next elections: “I would not see him as a replacement for anyone. What we have is the luxury of having two great leaders.”
The general secretary of the group, Luis Galarreta, who considered that the announcement “demonstrates the unity that exists, which is a strong and solid unity“He indicated that the issue of the candidacy is not a priority because Fujimori’s health is fragile. If he were to run, he stated that Keiko would be “the first one to be enthusiastic” and that she “would be the head of his campaign.”
The former leader of the country was released from prison in December 2023, where he had been since 2007 serving a 25-year sentence for the massacre of dozens of civilians. He benefited in 2017 from a humanitarian pardon granted by the then president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, because his legal team alleged health problems due to his advanced age, however, Justice overthrew him months later, until the final resolution of the year. past.
In addition to the 25-year sentence, Fujimori has another criminal process ahead, along with several of his Health Ministers, for the forced sterilizations of almost 350,000 women and 25,000 men of different indigenous communities during his government. He did not repent for his crimes nor did he pay civil reparation, which the Attorney General’s Office estimated at 57 million soles (14 million euros).
During years of judicial litigation, (the Constitutional Court ordered his release despite the request to postpone the measure by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights) Human Rights defense organizations warned of the seriousness of his crimes when determining his release.
The former Peruvian dictator, Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), 85 years oldreappeared in the political arena of the Andean country months after leaving prison by announcing that he has joined the Fuerza Popular political party, founded by his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, while the political party did not rule out a possible candidacy for the moment.
“Alberto Fujimori, founding leader of Fujimorism, takes his place in Fuerza Popular,” he announced through a video published on his profile on the social network X in which he signs his membership form. Her daughter, for her part, highlighted that it is “great news for all of Fujimori” and specified that the signing took place last Saturday.
The undersecretary general and spokesperson for Fuerza Popular, Miguel Torres, pointed out that the possible candidacy, “whether to the Presidency or the Senate, it is an issue that will be defined in the future“. “It will be defined by a very personal decision by former President Fujimori, a family decision and then, if they made a decision, we would be the happiest to support a candidacy,” he stated in statements to Canal N.
“Today is not a launch, a candidacy is not being defined. “It is being celebrated that the founding leader is coming home,” said Torres, who added that the former president plans to replace his daughter in the leadership of the party for the next elections: “I would not see him as a replacement for anyone. What we have is the luxury of having two great leaders.”
The general secretary of the group, Luis Galarreta, who considered that the announcement “demonstrates the unity that exists, which is a strong and solid unity“He indicated that the issue of the candidacy is not a priority because Fujimori’s health is fragile. If he were to run, he stated that Keiko would be “the first one to be enthusiastic” and that she “would be the head of his campaign.”
The former leader of the country was released from prison in December 2023, where he had been since 2007 serving a 25-year sentence for the massacre of dozens of civilians. He benefited in 2017 from a humanitarian pardon granted by the then president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, because his legal team alleged health problems due to his advanced age, however, Justice overthrew him months later, until the final resolution of the year. past.
In addition to the 25-year sentence, Fujimori has another criminal process ahead, along with several of his Health Ministers, for the forced sterilizations of almost 350,000 women and 25,000 men of different indigenous communities during his government. He did not repent for his crimes nor did he pay civil reparation, which the Attorney General’s Office estimated at 57 million soles (14 million euros).
During years of judicial litigation, (the Constitutional Court ordered his release despite the request to postpone the measure by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights) Human Rights defense organizations warned of the seriousness of his crimes when determining his release.
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