The passing of Alberto Fujimori At 86 years old, he took the followers of Fuerza Popular and his sympathizers to attend his wake, which takes place in the Ministry of Culturefrom Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 September. Among the people who came to express their condolences to the closest relatives of the former president, the presence of the President Dina Boluarte, who, on one occasion during the 2021 elections, pointed out that the man who polarized Peru was the sixth most corrupt president in the world.
During the last elections, which ended up winning Peter Castillo, The current head of state was a candidate for vice president of Peru Libre and faced current congresswoman Patricia Juárez.
The time when Dina Boluarte pointed out Alberto Fujimori as the sixth most corrupt president in the world
It was the presidential debate of the second round of the 2021 elections and the current president of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, gave a speech against the former dictator Alberto Fujimoriwho was sentenced to 25 years in prison for corruption and human rights violations. Fujimori is the first former elected president in Latin America to be tried and sentenced by his own country for crimes against humanity.
“In the 90s, an oriental-type character appeared and told all the Peruvian people: ‘I will work with honesty, technology and work.’ And what did he give us? Honesty? He is the sixth most corrupt president in the world. Work? The first thing he did was fire thousands and thousands of workers in Peru who are still fighting to be reinstated today. Technology? From the 90s to date, Peru is not even capable of producing the tire for that tractor that that oriental man got on,” he said in May 2021.
It should be noted that this expression was imprecise. In reality, Fujimori is considered the seventh most corrupt president in the worldwith an estimated stolen funds of approximately US$600 million, according to the Global Report on Corruption 2004, prepared by the NGO Transparency International. The sixth most corrupt head of state is Jean Claude Duvalier, former head of state of Haiti between 1981 and 1986.
According to the book History of Corruption in Peru, written by Peruvian historian Alfonso Quiroz, based on investigations by the Congress of the Republic and the Judiciary, it is estimated that Fujimori benefited from approximately US$404 million of public funds during the presidency through the illegal abuse of power.
The cost of corruption in the deactivated National Intelligence Service (SIN) was approximately US$450 million and an additional US$200 million in the Military Pension Fund.
National mourning from Congress
After learning of the death of Alberto Fujimori, Congressman Juan Burgos Oliveros, from the Podemos Peru party, presented to Parliament the proposal to declare National Mourning for three days. The initiative was approved and the government of Dina Boluarte formalized the measure through the Supreme Decree 094-2024-PCMwhich was published in the official newspaper El Peruano and includes the following implications:
- In all public buildings, military installations, bases, ships and State dependencies in Peruvian territory, as well as in diplomatic missions, consulates and representations abroad, the National Flag is hoisted at half-mast.
- Academic activities continue to develop as usual, therefore, students must attend their educational institutions as usual. Likewise, both public and private sector workers must carry out their operational duties, which have not been suspended.
Wake for Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori’s wake is taking place at the Museo de la Nación, located on Avenida Javier Prado Este, in San Borja. The funeral ceremony began at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 12 and will continue until the morning of Saturday, September 14, when his remains will be taken to the Campo Fe cemetery in Huachipa.
