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Weekly Report - 01 February 2018 (WR-18-04)
PERU: Family rift splits Fujimorismo
Peru’s political crisis took a twist on 31 January when Kenji Fujimori confirmed that he and nine other deputies would form a splinter group. Kenji’s high stakes power struggle with his sister Keiko means that the main opposition Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas) will no longer have a majority in congress. This could afford some respite for President Pablo Kuczynski as the FP had used its congressional majority to censure his cabinet ministers at will. But Kuczynski has alienated the left-wing opposition in congress by granting a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) and will enjoy even less support in congress than before despite Kenji’s promise of a governability accord.
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