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The newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, September 15, 2024, p. 20
Lime. This tribute is an offense”We are in a state of great concern,” said Maria Carbajal, one of thousands of women forcibly sterilized as part of a poverty-reducing program by Alberto Fujimori, after President Dina Boluarte declared three days of national mourning for the death of the former president (1990-2000).
We do not hate Fujimori, but dignity and memory are one thingsaid Carbajal, who was sterilized at age 26 after giving birth to a son.
Right-wing politicians and supporters from different parts of Peru marched in the wake – broadcast live on some television channels – of the politician who died without asking for forgiveness from his victims and in freedom, thanks to a humanitarian pardon.
It’s a shame because you are recognizing someone who was convicted by the State itself for serious crimes.Gisela Ortiz, sister of a student murdered during the Fujimori era, who was sentenced in 2007 to 25 years in prison for being a journalist, told a local radio station. indirect author the murder of 25 people, including a child. His term was marked by massacres committed by secret military groups and allegations of corruption.
In 2000, he fled to Japan after videos were released showing his closest adviser handing out bundles of money to lawmakers, businessmen and judges to get them to support the government.
He is already dead, the man left without asking forgiveness from his family, it has been a mockery for us”, said Gladys Rubina, sister of one of the 15 people killed in Barrios Altos on November 3, 1991, sobbing to the AFP agency.
The vice president of the Association of Murdered and Persecuted Relatives, Adelina García, indicated that Fujimori left with a very dirty conscience because he took the tears of many people.
Criminal trials involving him continue
Human rights activists say Fujimori’s death does not end the legal proceedings for crimes committed during his 10 years in power and three election victories, since he was not the only one responsible.
Peru lives in constant uncertainty, with disputes between the branches of government that have led to the dismissal and resignation of up to six presidents in the last seven years. Almost all of them were investigated for corruption or abuse of power and four were in prison; two of them remain behind bars.
Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former president – who ran unsuccessfully for president three times – had announced in July that her father would be the candidate in the 2026 elections, a right that Fujimori did not have, because Peruvian law prohibits those convicted of corruption and those who have not paid their civil reparations, as was her case, from running in politics.