June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's plan to run for a spot in Japan's parliament won't deter Chile, where he is currently under house arrest, from extraditing him back to Peru.

Fujimori, who holds Japanese and Peruvian citizenship and is wanted in Peru on charges of graft and murder, said he's accepted a request by the People's New Party in Japan to run.

Both the Chilean and Peruvian governments today said Fujimori's candidacy shouldn't affect an upcoming decision from Chile's Supreme Court on whether to send him back to Peru. Chile put Fujimori, 68, under house arrest June 8 after prosecutors recommended the Supreme Court grant Peru's extradition request.

``He will have to comply with whatever the Supreme Court decides,'' Chile's Government Affairs Minister Ricardo Lagos Weber told reporters today, according to an e-mailed statement.

Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, fled to Japan in 2000 as his presidency collapsed. Japan recognized him as a citizen and refused to send him back to Peru. He returned from exile to Chile in 2005.

``The mechanism of the law functions independently of what people want,'' Peruvian President Alan Garcia told reporters today in comments broadcast by Canal N. ``It's in the hands of the Supreme Courts of Chile and Peru.''

Fujimori will ask the Chilean government to let him depart for Japan soon, People's New Pary leader Shizuka Kamei said today in Tokyo. Japan's election laws don't forbid someone under house arrest overseas from running in an election.

To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew Walter in Santiago at at mwalter4@bloomberg.net; Alex Emery in Lima at aemery1@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: June 28, 2007 17:01 EDT