Relatives of the victims of former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori, who are calling for his 25-year prison sentence, have been outraged by the fact that Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, and the country’s government have called for his release in December. 2023. RT reported this on April 17.
The day before, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru, Eduardo Arana, spoke in favor of the decision to release Fujimori.
“The Peruvian State will not allow its sovereignty to be affected by decisions that are unjust, incorrect and that threaten our democratic and constitutional system. “It is important to highlight that our country acted in accordance with its internal and external legal framework and followed the procedures established for the Fujimori case, in strict accordance with the principles of legality and justice.” – Arana said.
During the press conference he defended the report sent on April 1 to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in relation to the pardon granted to former President Fujimori (1990-2000). “Peru demands respect for its position and our national and international legal sovereignty.”– he said.
It should be noted that Fujimori’s release occurred despite the contradictions of a series of legal provisions, including the provisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which in 2022 called on Lima to keep him in prison to guarantee respect for the right of access . of the victims of the tragedies of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta before justice.
In response to Arana’s speech, the sister of student Luis Ortiz, one of the victims of the La Cantuta case, Gisela Ortiz, rejected his statements on a local television channel and attacked President Dina Boluarte.
“We as a country should be ashamed that members of the Executive are defending a criminal like Alberto Fujimori. His conviction for corruption and serious human rights violations has not been overturned.”he pointed.
According to her, Arana used “arguments based on lies”. “Peru is not an island, it is not an isolated country, we are part of several systems, and in terms of human rights we have signed the San José Pact.””Ortiz emphasized.
He assured that Fujimori was released thanks to “a politically agreed pardon for Boluarte to stay” in his post, recalling the recent words of the former President, in which he revealed the meaning of his agreement with the Executive.
“This is a political pact between this authoritarian government, which does not respect human rights, with the constitutional court created by Fujimorism and with the congressmen who, for the most part, support impunity,” – he concluded.
Let us remember that the former president of Peru (1990-2000), who was serving a 25-year prison sentence for serious human rights violations, was released on December 6, 2023. The pardon occurred in the 16th year of his imprisonment due due to his advanced age and poor health.
The leader of the Fujimoristas, Alberto Fujimori, is known for the fact that in the 90s, becoming a right-wing dictator president, he created an authoritarian regime in which “death squads” fought against leftist rebels, whom the current government of Peru calls “terrorists” and hundreds of thousands of Indians were subjected to forced sterilization. In 2009, Fujimori was found guilty of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Now his Popular Force party is led by his daughter and follower Keiko Fujimori.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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