31 years after the coup by Alberto Fujimori [Informe]

“Dissolve, temporarily dissolve the Congress of the Republic. Completely reorganize the judiciary, the National Council of Magistracy, the Court of Constitutional Guarantees, the State Ministry.”

On April 5, 1992, with this message on the national network, the then President of the Republic, Alberto Fujimorimade a revolution that marked the before and after in the history of our country.

Exceptional measures announced Alberto Fujimori They were rejected by other institutions such as the Congress of the Republic. This was then stated by the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Ramirez del Villar.

“He took over the state, closed the Congress, introduced house arrest for the President of the Senate and me,” said the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Ramirez del Villar.

Alberto Fujimori and Fujimorismo henceforth justified this measure as a radical response to the severe economic and social crisis faced by our country and the fight against terrorism. Reasons never accepted by his detractors, who saw the coup as the start of Fujimori’s dictatorship.

After the 1992 coup, the Democratic Constituent Congress convened and drafted the 1993 constitution.

No excuse

Political scientist Omar Awapara argues that the 1992 coup had no justification for breaking the constitutional order after more than 10 years of democratic continuity. However, he points out that the reforms and structural changes that have taken place in the country since then cannot be denied.

“For better and for worse, with a lot of criticism from some sectors and other sectors that celebrate and confirm the positive aspects of those years. There is no need to downplay what Peru’s reincorporation into the economic, financial and world system meant. but not crimes against humanity or acts of corruption that are so well known,” said Omar Avapara.

Unlike Pedro Castillo, who also led the coup on December 7, 2022. Alberto Fujimori He was never tried or convicted for offenses of insurrection or conspiracy, not only because his exceptional actions were supported by the armed forces and the population, but also because of the strategy of the Peruvian state to extradite him from Chile in 2007.

“Thanks to a prudent strategy, Ugas’ lawyer at the time did not present the sedition case in the extradition request to the government or the Supreme Court of Chile because that would allow the defense to plead the presence of social and political crimes that are prohibited there. Alberto Fujimori.

At the moment Alberto FujimoriAt the age of 85, he is serving a prison sentence in Barbadillo Prison for crimes against humanity committed during his 10 years in office.
Cesar Nakazawaki indicates that he is incarcerated for the crimes of La Cantouta and Barrios Altos, his longest sentence with 25 years in prison, as well as other acts of anti-terrorism policy and acts of corruption of his regime.