In the final days of the government led by President Ollanta Humala, imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) presented a request for a pardon. The timing of the request prompted speculation that Fujimori was seeking to blackmail Humala, who, nonetheless, rejected it. President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, conscious of majority public opposition to a pardon, and a split within the Fujimorista Fuerza Popular (FP) over its advisability, followed Humala’s lead but stressed that he would look favourably on an alternative proposal that would allow Fujimori to serve out his sentence under house arrest.End of preview - This article contains approximately 650 words.
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