Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) will have to return to prison after the supreme court ruled on 3 October that the humanitarian pardon he received in December last year failed to meet legal requirements. The ruling is far from positive from the perspective of President Martín Vizcarra. Although congress on the same day approved the final of his government’s four political and judicial reform initiatives, which will now go to a popular referendum in December, Fujimori’s re-internment will provide an unwelcome distraction from his agenda and is likely to be used by the main opposition Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas) to justify renewed obstructionism in congress.End of preview - This article contains approximately 635 words.
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