From Tumbes, the presidential candidate of País para Todos, Carlos Alvarezrejected having been sentenced for the crime of embezzlement in 2002 and clarified that although he received a conviction in the first instance for that case, it was appealed and he was acquitted with the consequent annulment of the judicial and police records generated by the process.
The precision was made within the framework of his response to the owner of Perú Libre, Vladimir Cerronwho accused him of “hiding not only his private life in a closet but also his Fujimontesinism and corruption.”
“I was the subject of a judicial process, after many years of lies, slander (…) I was acquitted of all charges by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court through an appeal for annulment,” he noted in an audiovisual message that he broadcast through his account on X.
Along these lines, Álvarez insisted that although there was a sentence against him, it was appealed, leading to his subsequent acquittal, so he was not obliged to record said information on his resume. He also mentioned that according to current electoral regulations, candidates are only required to declare final and current convictions.
“I stood up, I faced justice and I did not hide, I did not flee to any country, nor did I seek asylum; nor did I ask for my trial to be annulled, nor did I remain a fugitive from justice,” he stressed in explicit reference to the fugitive status of the former regional governor of Junín – today a presidential candidate for Peru Libre – for 814 days.
To the candidates: “Play fair”
In his almost five-minute message, Álvarez also responded to his detractors from whom he demanded a clean electoral campaign.
“If you want to cross me out or remove me from the electoral race by hook or by crook, and if the Jury considers that I have deceived, hidden or lied – when this process was broadcast live on national television -, I myself will withdraw, because my ambition for power or my intention to loot the State does not lead me to take this step. (…) I repeat, if you want to cross me out, do it; if you want me to withdraw, I will leave; but on a basis. Allow me (the candidates) give them a recommendation: play fair. They talk about wanting to change Peru but they all continue with the same dirty, dinosaur campaigns that do not contribute anything to the electorate,” he pointed out.
Álvarez also referred in his speech to Cerrón’s references to his “Fujimontesinism” and, on the point, reiterated that he supported “the measures that were adopted during the government of Alberto Fujimori in terms of the fight against terrorism and economic reintegration into the international financial system when—he said—Peru was a pariah.”
“Economically as a country we were bankrupt and no one lent us a cent, I have never denied it nor will I deny it, I am not a hypocrite like others who now do not even remember,” he stressed.
Finally, he considered it “petty and very low” on the part of Vladimir Cerrón to maintain that his artistic growth was due to his “Fujimontesinism and corruption.”
“Those who have many things hidden in their closet, such as corruption, are others, and until now they do not stand up for justice like I did at the time,” he concluded.
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