Weekly Report - 14 December 2017 (WR-17-49)

“I deeply reject this affront that the public ministry is carrying out.” This is how Keiko Fujimori, the leader of Peru’s main right-wing opposition Fuerza Popular (FP), reacted to the raids carried out by prosecutors investigating the wide-ranging corruption case revolving around Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht on FP party offices. The unprecedented move by the prosecutors against the party that currently holds sway in the national congress also produced concern among government ranks amid fears that this could lead the FP to lash out at the executive and the judiciary, potentially producing another institutional crisis.