Weekly Report - 30 November 2017 (WR-17-47)

PERU | Power and corruption. Peruvian political parties in congress signed an accord this week appealing to Keiko Fujimori and her party Fuerza Popular (FP) to desist from its attempts to impeach the country’s attorney general, Pablo Sánchez, for dereliction of duty [WR-17-46]. Sánchez had previously announced that Fujimori would be investigated over irregular financial contributions to her presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2016. The accord was signed by legislators from the ruling Peruanos por el Kambio (PPK), as well as Alianza para el Progreso (APP), Frente Amplio (FA), and Nuevo Perú (NP).