The Judiciary has definitively archived the Cocteles case, which, in addition to 14 others investigated, mainly involved the presidential candidate of Fuerza Popular, Keiko Fujimori, in a process in which she was accused by the Prosecutor’s Office of alleged money laundering.
The dismissal of this case occurs a little less than three months before the general elections, in which the Fujimori leader will seek the presidential seat for the fourth time. Could the decision of the Tenth National Preparatory Investigation Court generate any significant political effect in the face of the elections?
For political analyst Luis Benavente, this judicial decision could be used by Fujimori and his party to victimize themselves and confirm that it was a fiscal persecution against them in their objective of recovering image and, above all, votes.
“The electoral impact could be that of the use of this judicial decision within a process of victimization by Keiko Fujimori and Fuerza Popular as – pardon the redundancy – victims of political persecution by the prosecution, the latter also associated with the six-month suspension of the prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, who was in charge of this case,” the specialist told Perú21.
Benavente explains that when the Cocteles case was archived, many could conclude that Fujimori suffered imprisonment without any responsibility, something that could work in his favor. “There may be an electoral effect of victimization that favors a recovery in Keiko Fujimori’s voting intention and in the image of Fuerza Popular,” he indicates.
Despite this, the analyst warns that it will not be easy for Fujimori to regain his space within the conservative right that seems to have already consolidated Rafael López Aliaga.
“It’s not going to be easy either, because that conservative, populist, right-wing space has already been shared to a large extent by Renovación Popular and Rafael López Aliaga, who have gained a lot of strength in that social, political and ideological space, which we could call a populist right-wing conservative space,” he said.
Benavente added that the filing of the Cocteles case will also have a political effect within the Judiciary as it will fuel division in that institution.
“This decision contributes to the division of the Judiciary, which, as we know, has been highly politicized for some time. The case of the prosecution has been much more politicized and there will be an impact. On the one hand, there is a sector that has more strength in the prosecution and the judicial system and this will maintain the division. This issue is also associated with the suspension of prosecutor Pérez,” Benavente analyzed.
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