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Fujimori Acknowledges
Accusation of Illegal
payment
Lima - Deposed Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori on Monday acknowledged accusation
of an illegal payment of 52.5 million soles (15
million U.S. dollars) to his former advisor, but
refused to accept any legal responsibilities.
"I recognize only these deeds, I do not accept legal
responsibility, punishment or the civil
reparations," he said.
According to the investigation, Fujimori gave the
money in September 2000 to Vladimiro Montesinos, who
was then the chief of the National Intelligence
Service.
Prosecutor Avelino Guillen said Fujimori was the one
who "directly dealt" with the payment to Montesions
as retribution for his work between 1990 and 2000.
The payment was made two months before Fujimori's
government collapsed with scandal and he resigned
via fax from a Tokyo hotel room in November 2000.
A few days later, Montesinos escaped to Panama
seeking political asylum. He was detained in June
2001 in Venezuela.
According to Guillen, on Sept. 19, 2000, Fujimori
issued the Emergency Decree 081 in order to transfer
financial resources from the Armed Forces to another
"plan" for almost 69.6 million soles (19.9 million
dollars).
Guillen said the plan never existed, calling the
plan "a lie." The money went to Montesinos.
He accused Fujimori of peculation, and requested a
penalty of eight years in prison.
In April, Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in
prison, accused of crimes against humanity for the
cases called "Barrios Altos (1991)" and "La Cantuta
(1992)" during which 25 civilians were killed. |
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