Peru’s Congress Passes Bill to Grant Fujimori House Arrest
- Law would benefit Alberto Fujimori and other ageing convicts
- Judge annulled former president’s political pardon last week
Alberto Fujimori
Photographer: Luka Gonzales/AFP/Getty Images
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Peru’s Congress rushed through a law to grant house arrest for some elderly convicts, as opposition lawmakers sought to prevent former autocrat Alberto Fujimori returning to jail after his political pardon was revoked.
Lawmakers voted 55-30 in favor of the law Thursday, mostly with votes from Popular Force, the party led by the former president’s daughter, Keiko Fujimori. The law allows women over the age of 70 and men over 75 to move freely within their home province wearing an electronic tag. They must have served at least a third of their sentence in jail.