Alberto Fujimori He went from being a terminally ill cancer patient a future presidential candidate with a monthly pension of S/15,600. The latter is due to a decision by Congress that declared the former dictator’s request to receive a life pension for his mandate from 1990 to 2000 “admittedly valid.”
With 25 years of sentence on top for the murders in Barrios Altos and La Cantutathis resolution is not consistent with Peruvian law.
Fujimori: Why is he not entitled to this benefit of more than S/15,000?
Article 2 of Law 26519 establishes that a life pension cannot be granted to a former president who has been constitutionally accused and, in that context, is found guilty of committing a crime.
In the case of Alberto FujimoriOn November 30, 2000, Congress filed a constitutional complaint against him for a series of crimes for which he was subsequently found guilty. At that time, the impeachment process continued its course and, on February 23, 2001, Fujimori was disqualified from exercising public office for up to 10 years. Thus, the constitutional accusation against him was approved.
Following this, on March 7, 2009, the Judiciary sentenced former President Alberto Fujimori to 25 years in prison for masterminding the crimes of 15 people, including an 8-year-old boy, in Barrios Altos and of the eight students and a teacher in La Cantuta.
Thus, the two requirements for which Congress should not have granted the life pension to the former dictator are met.
‘Life pension should be seized,’ experts say
The former anti-corruption prosecutor Antonio Maldonado confirmed to La República the Reasons why the former dictator cannot receive a lifetime pension“I think this is inappropriate. Fujimori was not only accused and dismissed by Congress (…) Fujimori is in a very serious situation, because he exceeds that standard. In addition, he was convicted of serious crimes, which constitute serious violations of human rights,” he said.
In the same way, the Former Attorney General José Ugaz He supported the legal basis that prevents the leader of Cambio 90 from receiving more than S/15,000 per month. “He is a former public official who is legally unworthy and, therefore, the State cannot recognize any right that someone who has fulfilled his function without defrauding the State could have had or has by exercising his position,” he explained.
For his part, the Attorney General of the State, Javier Pachecostressed that Fujimori was not declared innocent. “He was sentenced for seven cases. Of which, three are linked to corruption and one of these was the famous payment of the CTS to Vladimiro Montesinos for 7 million. So, in relation to that, a total of 27 million soles was imposed, of which, plus the interest to date, amounts to 57 million, of which he has not paid a single sol,” he said.
Along these lines, Ugaz stressed that The former president has an outstanding debt of 57 million soles for civil compensation and that any economic benefit granted to him would be seized.
“(Alberto Fujimori) has a multimillion-dollar debt, so, in the event that any economic right is denied, it would have to be seized to cover the amount of civil compensation,” he concluded.
