Peru's Humala rules out pardoning Fujimori during his term
Peru's Humala rules out pardoning Fujimori during his term
| Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:03am EDT
Peru's President Ollanta Humala on Monday ruled out issuing a decision on whether to pardon imprisoned former leader Alberto Fujimori in the three days left in his term, leaving the politically delicate topic to his successor. Humala, who will be replaced by centrist President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Thursday, said in a broadcast interview that a serious evaluation of Fujimori's pardon request would take at least a couple months.
"I can't jump the gun," Humala told journalist Augusto Alvarez Rodrich on local channel Frecuencia Latina. "We're trying to act in accordance with the law and in good faith."
The justice ministry said earlier that the presidential pardons committee had decided to study Fujimori's case and was requesting his medical and penitentiary records.
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Kuczynski reiterated to journalists that he did not plan a pardon for Fujimori because it would clear the former authoritarian leader of convictions that include leading death squads that massacred civilians and using public funds to bribe tabloid journalists to smear opponents.
http://www.reuters.com/article/peru-fujimori-idUSL1N1AC05U?rpc=401
