Keiko Fujimori describes his detention in Peru as unfair and arbitrary

Lima.- In a letter written from prison, opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has described as unfair and arbitrary the 36 months of pre-trial detention that she has been serving since Thursday in Lima by court order, after being charged with of corruption.

"On Wednesday, October 31, without completing the pre-trial detention hearing, the judge improperly decides to make a decision about me", said the letter, broadcast on Keiko Fujimori's Twitter account, describes AFP.

"Thus, arbitrarily, without even maintaining the appearance of due process, it is decided to sanction me with 36 months of pre-trial detention," he said.

The leader of the opposition People's Force He exonerated his father Alberto Fujimori (1990 – 2000) for being immersed in politics. and he considered that he was persecuted by the law.

"You are not guilty of having decided to get into politics," he replied to his father, who had apologized on Friday in a tweet for saying "you are not guilty of deciding to go into politics," he replied to his father, who had apologized on Friday in a tweet for s & # 39; apologize for having involved in politics.

"I maintain the belief that due process is respected and the presumption of innocence," he added.

Keiko, 43, has been detained since Thursday in a women's prison in Chorrillos, Southern coastal district of Lima built in 1992 under the government of his father, accused of receiving illegal contributions from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht during his 2011 campaign.

On Saturday, he was visited by his mother Susana Higuchi, his sister Sachi and their eldest daughter.

Keiko treated shadow in the Peruvian Congress, revealed a group conversation, but her monolithic party was plunged into an internal crisis while she was at the mercy of justice.

The opposition leader had been in "preliminary" custody for a week, but was released on 17 October by a court of appeal.

Fight against corruption

President Martín Vizcarra on Friday called for the fight against corruption "without threats or shields" in the face of criticism of the decision of Attorney General Pedro Gonzalo Chávarry and former President Alan García (1985-1990 and 2006-2011) . ). "We are absolutely respectful of the Constitution and the division of powers," he added.

Chávarry said that the prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, who asked the prison for Keiko, acted "coordinated with the government", while García maintained that Vizcarra "politicized justice".

The 36-month prison threatens the leader's aspiration to run for president for the third time in 2021.

With regard to the Odebrecht case, the four previous presidents of Peru are also the subject of an investigation, including Alan García and Ollanta Humala (2011-2016). He was detained on remand for nine months, as was his wife Nadine.

Keiko and the four former plaintiffs deny the charges, although prosecutors use the confessions of Odebrecht officials who are now collaborating with the justice system.

Fuerza Popular, who dominates the Congress, sought to "protect" Chávarry and the dismissed judge of the Supreme Court, César Hinostroza, who was arrested two weeks ago in Spain after escaping from Peru.

Vizcarra asked the Attorney General to withdraw. Instead of of resignation, Chávarry has threatened to conduct an investigation for a controversial contract, which was later canceled for the construction of an airport in 2016, while Vizcarra was Minister of Transport.

Judge Richard Concepción Carhuancho, who sent Keiko to prison, will resume the hearing Monday to resolve the fate of 10 co-defendants, for whom a request for pre-trial detention is also requested for 36 months.

The corruption scandal surrounding the Odebrecht company is also sparking the former presidents Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), which escaped the United States, and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), who resigned in March, overwhelmed by accusations that he lied about his ties to Brazilian society.