congressman William Bermejomember of the Peruvian Democratic Assembly, asked this Wednesday National Penitentiary Institute (Inpe) transfer former President Alberto Fujimori to a regular prison.
Bermejo submitted a letter addressed to the head of Inpe, Omar Mendez, stating that everyone is equal before the law, which is also enshrined in the Constitution.
Based on this, Congressman Democratic Peru He asked Alberto Fujimori Fujimori “Stop being treated unequally compared to all those accused and convicted in Peru” and go to a regular prison.
“No one should have disproportionate and unequal prison benefits,” added the parliamentarian in the aforementioned cabinet, which he circulated through his social networks.
Alberto Fujimori He is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the Barbadillo Prison, located in the Ate district. He was sentenced in April 2009 and is currently the only prisoner in the facility.
executive posture
Last September, then Justice Minister Anibal Torres told RPP Noticias that the possibility of transferring former President Alberto Fujimori to a regular prison was being considered. However, this did not happen.
Keiko Fujimoridaughter of a former president, spoke out against Torres’ proposal last year, warning of her father’s serious health problems.
Pardon, which was later canceled
ex-president Peter Paul Kuczynski in December 2017 humanitarian pardon Alberto Fujimorimeasure lifted less than a year later; however, in March 2022, the Constitutional Court announced the reinstatement of the pardon after a controversial vote.
The former president could not leave because last April the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Peruvian state to refrain from releasing Fujimori in accordance with its usual obligations. This has stopped the release of the former president to this day, despite the claims of his relatives.
Minister of Justice: One more pardon can be appreciated
Minister of Justice, Felix Chero Medina, announced in June of this year the possibility of a humanitarian pardon for former President Alberto Fujimori due to recent health problems. However, he emphasized that he would be judged if he met the requirements for this allowance.
“As for former President Fujimori, regardless of the surnames Umala, Kispe or Mamani, anyone who correctly completes the requirements to access the prison allowance or pardon will be granted,” the head of Minjusa said.
Source: RPP
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