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Former Peruvian President Fujimori Not to Return to Peru
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori said Friday,December 8, he has no plans to return to Peru as there is no guarantee of his personal safety under the current political situation, Kyodo News reported.
In an interview faxed to the Japanese news agency Friday night, Fujimori blamed a Peruvian parliamentary panel investigating alleged corruption by the former Peruvian intelligence chief as a "political circus", saying he does not expect justice from the commission.
"The commission is controlled by an anti-Fujimori majority," Kyodo quoted Fujimori as saying.
The Peruvian government has demanded that Fujimori return to Peru and testify before the parliamentary commission, which is investigating alleged slush funds controlled by Vladimiro Montesinos, the former Peruvian intelligence chief and Fujimori's closest aide.
Fujimori said he has no intention of complying with the summons, arguing that "there is absolutely no guarantee of my personal security."
Fujimori, who arrived in Japan on November 17 after attending a Pacific Rim summit in Brunei, submitted his resignation from Tokyo on November 20 and has since stayed in Japan.
The Peruvian parliament rejected Fujimori's resignation and chose to dismiss him on the ground that he was "morally unfit" to govern.
Fujimori, 62, is a Japanese-Peruvian whose parents emigrated to Peru from Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
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