by the El Reportero’s news services
Alberto Fujimori
Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori was convicted for the fourth and final time on 30 September.
He pleaded guilty to the charges of corruption against him. Fujimori had a clear ulterior motive: to expedite a trial that would have exposed the full extent of his kleptocracy and, by extension, damaged the prospects of his daughter Keiko winning the presidency in 2011.
Keiko has promised to pardon her father if she wins. Opinion polls suggest that she has a fair chance of winning, as the ruling Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP) is discredited, the Left is currently split, and her main rival in the polls is over-reliant on Lima for his popularity.
