Peru Election 2006

Cancillería notifica a Japón sobre conducta fraudulenta de Fujimori
Peru21.com
15 de setiembre del 2005
El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores comunicó hoy al Gobierno del Japón, a través de una nota diplomática, el comportamiento “manifiestamente fraudulento” del ex presidente Alberto Fujimori por evidenciar que tiene nacionalidad peruana, aún cuando se ampara en la nacionalidad japonesa.
En una nota de prensa, la Cancillería indica que convocó al embajador de Japón en el Perú, Hitohiro Ishida, para hacerle entrega de la nota diplomática donde expresa su posición sobre la reciente obtención del pasaporte peruano del prófugo ex mandatario.
En la misiva se remarca que Fujimori tiene una conducta “sistemáticamente ambivalente” al reivindicar su nacionalidad peruana para pretender el ejercicio de sus derechos políticos en el Perú, mientras que, simultáneamente, reclama su nacionalidad japonesa.
Asimismo, se indicó al embajador Ishida que, “en el marco del deber de los Estados de cooperar en la lucha contra la impunidad, el Perú confía en obtener, en breve plazo, una respuesta satisfactoria al pedido de extradición del señor Alberto Fujimori”.

Fujimori gets Peru passport, eyes return
Compiled from Kyodo, AP
The Japan Times
September 15, 2005

Fugitive former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori picked up a new Peruvian passport in Tokyo on Tuesday in the latest sign he is preparing to run in his homeland’s presidential elections next April.
Fujimori picked up the passport with his son at the Peruvian Consulate General, Consul General Hector Matallana said.
After obtaining the passport, Fujimori told a reporter for an Internet news service for Peruvians in Japan that the passport is a certificate for returning to Peru, indicating he is preparing to return ahead of the April election.
Fujimori’s passport expired after he abandoned, and was ousted from, the presidency in November 2000 as his government crumbled amid a corruption scandal. He has been living in exile in Japan.
Peru’s Congress has since adopted a resolution banning him from holding public office until 2010, but Fujimori has pledged to return to seek re-election in next year’s presidential ballot.
Peruvian prosecutors have petitioned Japan to extradite Fujimori so he can face 22 criminal charges on allegations ranging from abuse of power and embezzlement to sanctioning a paramilitary death squad.
Fujimori, born in Peru to Japanese immigrants, has been shielded from extradition by Japanese citizenship, granted to him after his arrival. He faces arrest if he returns home.
Tokyo has repeatedly said Japanese citizens cannot be extradited under Japanese law.
Matallana said the consulate could not deny Fujimori a passport simply because of the charges pending against him.
Peru’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Fujimori’s attempt to obtain a passport is an unjust action to use Peruvian nationality to exercise political rights while taking advantage of his Japanese citizenship to escape criminal prosecution.