The Peruvian Constitution will assess the possibility of Fujimori's release this Thursday

Lima, 16 March The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court of Peru (TC) will assess this Thursday whether it accepts a human corpus requesting the invalidity of a judicial decision that suspended the amnesty granted to the former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) in 2017. Local media reported that after discussing the case at a private meeting three weeks ago, Judge Ernesto Blume, the rapporteur of the case, would declare the establishment of an appeal, suggesting that Fujimori could be released again. Specifically, the highest constitutional body in the United States will review the human corpus submitted by lawyer Gregorio Parko Alarkon on December 24, 2018 on the decision of the Supreme Court that overturned the amnesty granted to Fujimori by the then President Pedro Pablo Kuchinsky (2016-2018). In addition to the appeals that will be heard this Thursday, there are two others in the TC urging them to take the same action in favor of Fujimori, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity in 2009. Since the Peruvian Ministry of Justice ordered to invalidate the amnesty after not complying with the legal requirements and considering that it had no legal effect, Fujimori had to return to the jail of the East Police Department of Lima and sentenced him to prison. The amnesty is being investigated by the court because the prosecutor's office considers it a product of negotiations between Kuczynski and Fujimori's youngest son Kenji, who was a member of the House of Representatives at the time. Oppose the president's request for demolition at that time According to information, the decision on this issue divides the members of the TC because they received support from Ernesto Blumé, José Luis Sardon, Augusto Ferrero and the rejection of Marianella Ledesma, Eloy Espinosa-Saldanha and Manuel Miranda. The Peruvian TC, which should consist of seven members, has been kept as a member of six after the death of Judge Carlos Ramos since September last year. In this regard, the local media pointed out that Ferrero, who is currently the president of the TC, has the authority to hold a “quality vote or double vote” to break the tie. “Liberating Fujimori would mean ignoring crime,” said the bench of the left-wing coalition Juntos For Peru (JPP) after learning that the appeal would be discussed this Thursday. The group stressed on Twitter that “the TC is obliged to guarantee the right of justice for all victims and cannot be involved in anger over the dignity of the country.” Left-wing congressman Sigrid Bazán added that Fujimori “did not ask for forgiveness or repent, and until now he has never paid civil compensation.” “However, tomorrow the TC may withdraw the decision of the judiciary that annulled the illegal and negotiated amnesty for political and non-humanitarian reasons,” he warned. Lawyer Carlos Rivera, who defends victims of crimes convicted by the former president, said that the magistrate who supports Fujimori's release is “following a political agenda.” They will make an international mockery. In this regard, he assured that if he “favors the freedom of Fujimori who was convicted,” the Human Rights Court of the Americas (Human Rights Court of the Americas) would “declare the legal invalidity of that resolution and return to jail.” “He did it once,” he said. Fujimori, 83-year-old, was released on Monday after overcoming a heart disease that forced him to be admitted to a clinic in Lima, but will continue to be treated in prison for pulmonary fibrosis, as his eldest daughter Keiko reported at the time. Shortly after being detained in a medical center, Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres announced that he would consider the possibility of transferring the former president to a joint prison when the government of President Pedro Castillo “healed” his illness. The former ruler is the only prisoner in a prison built specifically for him inside a police base in the Ate area, where he must still stay until 2033, when he will be 95 years old. There he is sentenced as mediator (factual control) for the massacre of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta, committed by the clandestine military organization Colina in 1992 and 1993, respectively, and for two kidnappings since the 1992 coup d'etat.Chief dubbing/rrt