The appeal filed by the lawyer of Keiko Fujimori, Giuliana Loza, before the Constitutional Court proposes to annul the oral trial of the Cocktails caseand the announcement that Alberto Fujimori will run as a presidential candidate for Fuerza Popular, they would be part of the same strategy, according to the weekly Hildebrandt in his Thirteen in its latest edition on Friday, July 19.
According to sources close to the media, the candidacy of former president Fujimori It would be smokescreen to distract attention from the trial facing the leader of People’s Force and the leadership of his party, who are currently facing a request for more than 30 years of effective prison by the Lava Jato Special Team, within the framework of the investigation for money laundering in the Cocktails case.
Yes ok Alberto Fujimori is legally prevented from running for president, for his daughter, Keiko Fujimorithe announcement would give him the “opportunity to maneuver the trial in some way that could benefit her,” sources close to Fuerza Popular assured the weekly. For this reason, upon leaving the hearing on Monday, July 15, the leader denounced alleged political persecution against her and her party.
“I agree with the question that was put to the court: Where is the money laundering? It doesn’t exist. What there is is political persecution and a circus by a prosecutor obsessed with me and with Fuerza Popular,” he said. Keiko Fujimori in reference to José Domingo Pérez. The strategy He may also be seeking to prevent witnesses who are about to testify from revealing information that Fujimori Higuchi would not want to be known, such as details of the movements made by the “false contributors” with allegedly illicit money.
“It is a very complicated subject for Keiko Fujimori and it has to be covered up with something,” a source close to Fuerza Popular told a media outlet regarding the development of the oral trial against her. “In this scenario, Keiko is going to take advantage of her father’s candidacy,” he added. Meanwhile, Alberto Fujimori’s daughter will await the response from the Constitutional Court on her appeal.
Keiko Fujimori appealed to the Constitutional Court to annul its investigation into the Cocktails case.
The idea of running for president was Alberto Fujimori’s
The weekly Hildebrant en sus Trece also referred to who really had the idea of the former president’s candidacy and highlighted that “was born from Alberto Fujimori himself and was enthusiastically embraced by her daughter, according to a Fujimori source.”
Furthermore, his intention would be to vindicate his name despite the sentences received for the crimes of which he has been accused. Former congressman Carlos Raffo was also pointed out by some sources of the weekly as someone who also influenced Alberto Fujimori’s decision.
However, Raffo dismissed this. “It is true that I visit him at home sometimes. What is totally false is that I had any influence on that decision,” he said. Another of the issues they mentioned was the candidacy of host Phillip Butters after confirming his affiliation to the Avanza País party, a fact that since People’s Force they would not look favorably upon.
“As it is known, (Butters) always wanted to be a candidate and the Fujimoris together are his biggest nightmare,” a source close to the former president told the weekly. Looking ahead to the 2026 elections, for Hildebrant en su Trece, Fuerza Popular would focus on consolidating an image of unity and solidity as a political group, with the aim of gaining the trust and support of voters in the next electoral process, despite the fact that Alberto Fujimori was subsequently removed from the presidential ticket due to a legal and health impediment.
