Peru: Left Leader Mendoza Says Fujimori Pardon Would Be Treason

Peru: Left Leader Mendoza Says Fujimori Pardon Would Be Treason



Former President Alberto Fujimori, during an appeal session to the Supreme Court,
October 2013. | Photo: Reuters

Published 25 July 2016 (4 hours 29 minutes ago)


“We have to remember that Alberto Fujimori has been detained because he ordered the killing of innocent people,” said Mendoza.

A few days before Peruvian President Ollanta Humala is due to leave office, left-wing leader Veronika Mendoza, spoke out Sunday against the possibility that he could pardon former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a prison sentence for crimes against humanity and abuse of power.

“I hope that Mr. Humala won't do it because that would be immoral, that would be betraying the Peruvian people,” said the leader of the Broad Front and former presidential candidate. She suggested that Fujimori's political faction was negotiating with the government in a bid to avoid further investigations during the next presidential term.

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A few minutes earlier, President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, due to take office on July 28, confirmed that he would not sign a pardon for Fujimori, “although Fujimori was entitled to make a formal request.”

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