Peru’s jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and rights abuses, has been pardoned on humanitarian grounds, the presidency announced on Sunday. “The president of the republic… has decided to grant a humanitarian pardon to Mr Alberto Fujimori and seven other people in similar condition,” it said in a statement. Fujimori was transferred from his cell to a clinic Saturday suffering from low blood pressure and an irregular heartbeat. Analysts debated whether the president would pay off his political debt to Kenji Fujimori by pardoning his disgraced father. Keiko Fujimori lost to Kuczynski in last year’s presidential election and is herself facing questioning linked to the sprawling Odebrecht graft investigation.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 25, 2017 01:41 UTC