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Lima - Peru's Prime Minister Yehude Simon on
Tuesday applauded the sentence of Former
President Alberto Fujimori for human rights
abuses.
"It shows that Peru's courts are completely
autonomous and thatthey do not let
themselves be swayed" by any outside forces,
and "they have acted as they should," he
said.
The Special Penal Court in charge of the
trial had acted "immaculately," he added.
Simon said that during a trial that lasted
for more than a year,the judges remained
"calm" and made decisions in keeping with
their consciences, adding that the ruling
would have an impact on jurisprudence across
Latin America and the world.
"Whatever ruling, even if it had been in
favor of Fujimori, the government would have
accepted it," Simon said. "That is how it
had to be. The quality of the judges is a
source of pride to all Peruvians."
He called for calm on the family and
followers of Fujimori, who ruled Peru from
1990 to 2000. Fujimori's backers had
announced plans to take to the streets to
protest the sentence.
"They have the right to appeal" but they
must accept the rule of democracy, he said.
Simon had been jailed for several years
during Fujimori's rule for being a member of
the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, a
group intended to overthrow the former
president.
Fujimori, 70, was sentenced to 25 years in
prison Tuesday as he was found guilty of
massacre, kidnapping and torture during his
rule.
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