Chilean Supreme Court
delays vote on
extradition of Peru's
Fujimori
Chile's Supreme Court on
Tuesday decided to delay
a vote on whether former
Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori must be
extradited to face
corruption and human
rights charges at home.
"There's no agreement
and while there is no
agreement, no ruling can
be issued," said Supreme
Court President Alberto
Chaigneau after a
closed-door session of
the five members of the
Court's Criminal Panel.
"It's a very complex
case."
The court said it had
only finished examining
one of the 12 charges
against Fujimori, Peru's
president from 1990 to
2000.
The date for the vote
must be decided before
Sept. 5 because
Chaigneau is scheduled
to leave the country for
an international
conference.
The five judges are
reviewing a July 11
ruling made by lower
court Judge Orlando
Alvarez, which rejected
Peru's extradition
request.
The review came after
last week's debate on
the Fujimori case with
Fujimori's defense team
and Peruvian government
lawyers presenting their
arguments.
Fujimori is currently
under house arrest in an
exclusive condominium in
the Chicureo locality,
on the outskirts of the
Chilean capital. He
arrived in Chile in
November 2005, ending a
five-year exile in
Japan.
During his stay in
Chile, Fujimori
unsuccessfully ran for
the Japanese Senate. He
holds both Japanese and
Peruvian nationalities.
|
|
