On Tuesday, Peru’s Supreme Court sentenced former Popular Force congressman Kenji Fujimori to four years and six months in prison for allegedly buying votes during a motion of censure.
The eldest son of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has been found guilty of being the author of the crime of influence peddling, although the sentence must now be ratified in a second instance, according to RPP radio station.
Along with Fujimori, former congressmen Guillermo Bocangel and Bienvenido Ramírez have also been sentenced to four years in prison.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office had requested 12 years in prison for Fujimori for the crimes of bribery and influence peddling, although the Judicial Power has absolved the former congressman of the first crime. Likewise, the fact that he does not have a previous record has allowed him to obtain a lesser sentence, according to the aforementioned newspaper.
Fujimori, Bocangel and Ramírez will be fined 400 days, which is equivalent to 52,000 soles (a little more than 13,000 euros).
In September 2021, the Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a constitutional complaint against former president Kuczynski and Kenji Fujimori for allegedly buying votes to avoid vacancy in exchange for a pardon for former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), according to ‘El Comercio’.
