Ex-President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, infamous for grave human rights violations, strolled out of Barbadillo prison in Lima, Peru, after the Constitutional Court's green light. Accompanied by his offspring, Keiko and Kenji, the senior figure hopped into a gray automobile and bid the joint adieu. Initial plans for Fujimori to reside with his daughter, Keiko, head of the right-wing party Fuerza Popular, hit a snag when the Constitutional Court affirmed Fujimori's 2017 pardon, bestowed upon him by ex-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, on humanitarian grounds.
Flouting the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' request to defer execution of their ruling, the Peruvian authorities granted Fujimori's freedom, stirring an avalanche of criticism. Fujimori's reign from 1990 to 2000 was marked by an unleashing of the military to crack down on left-wing and perceived subversive forces, resulting in Parliament's disempowerment. This period also saw the Shining Path emerge as a perceived threat to the state, prompting the forced sterilization of tens of thousands of indigenous women as a strategy to curb fertility.
Fujimori stormed Lima's political scene as an unexpected challenger, ultimately defeating celebrated writer Mario Vargas Llosa in the 1990 election. Fujimori's pragmatic agricultural background and enthusiasm for shock therapy swiftly ended an economic crisis and rampant hyperinflation, yielding notable growth figures. However, Fujimori undermined constitutional checks and balances by discarding the bicameral system and limiting judicial powers.
Fujimori's ambition to secure a third term in 2000 was thwarted by the Montesinos scandal. His top spy, Vladimiro Montesinos, was caught on video offering a bribe to a lawmaker to defect to Fujimori's party. Fleeing to Japan, Fujimori was arrested during a trip to Chile and sentenced to 25 years in prison for human rights violations sanctioned during his tenure. Post-Kuczynski's pardon and the subsequent reversal of the decision, Fujimori found himself incarcerated once more.
The global community, including human rights organizations, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the press, have garnered divergent views on Fujimori's release. Peruvian government entities, political parties, and public opinion remain divisive, mirroring a deep division in societal perspectives concerning Fujimori's authority, transgressions, and his liberation on humanitarian grounds.
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