The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has requested the State to refrain from releasing Alberto Fujimoriafter the failure of constitutional Court (CT) that restores the humanitarian pardon in favor of the former president, granted by PPK in 2017.
In response, the leader of Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori, rejected the measure of the Inter-American Court, and described it as “precarious and unfair”. The former presidential candidate also blamed the Government for peter castle of the consequences in the life of his father.
“In my father’s case, human rights do not exist, not even the most basic and elementary right to life. He is in the hands of the Government, now, to acquiesce or not to a measure as precarious as it is unfair. If there were a minimum of balance in his evaluation, he should not disregard the failure of the TC to give in to such a perverse and inhuman maneuver. My family holds this government responsible for the consequences that its decision may have on the life and health of Alberto Fujimori,” he said.
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Jorge Morante, congressman from People’s Force, said he was surprised by the notification of the Inter-American Court. According to her analysis, she has already advanced her position, without even having listened to the parties involved.
“It seems to me a tremendous irregularity. Aren’t we supposed to be before a human rights court?” she questioned.
He argued that if the Constitutional Court, as the highest constitutional body of Peru, has already issued a ruling giving a guarantee linked to the fulfillment of freedom, Inter-American Court of Human Rights You should be more careful around the case.
Likewise, he recalled that, in 2018, the Inter-American Court ruled that the issue of pardon must be analyzed in a constitutional seat within Peru, and added that there is also a procedural error, generated by the relatives of the victims, who did not use constitutional, but criminal, after the release of Alberto Fujimori in 2017.
“The problem starts in the Supreme Court. They called the criminal execution judge, who is the least senior (…) The relatives and the NGOs did not pay attention to the court and continued with their error”, he indicated.
According to the congressman, the only one who followed the rules established by the Inter-American Court was the former president himself, who verified whether the pardon was valid.
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Rene Gastelumendi stressed to George Morante that the legality of the pardon was discussed after the ‘Mamanivideos’ were made public, where it was revealed how the thanks to the former president would have been negotiated by PPK and Kenji Fujimori.
Given this, the parliamentarian specified that they are issues that are under investigation. In addition, he stated that “the circumstances, which were not the best”, do not imply that the TC cannot issue a ruling validating the case.
“People’s Force and Fujimorism, any decision that the TC has issued, has respected it”, he clarified.
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Lastly, he stated that he would find it grotesque if the Inter-American Court reinstate the annulment of the pardon. The parliamentarian commented that, after four years of granting this presidential grace, the former president’s health has deteriorated even more, which can be demonstrated with the reports of the INPE. However, he questioned whether the Government will have “the decency” to attach that documentation.
“They (the government) were waiting for the perfect excuse to prevent the release of former President Fujimori,” he said.
