Peru's jailed ex-leader Fujimori backs son as opposition splits
JULY 19, 2017 / 9:09 PM / AN HOUR AGO
Reuters Staff
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori backed his son on Wednesday for "building bridges" with the government of centrist President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, and issued a rare rebuke to the opposition party led by his daughter that now controls Congress.
In a series of tweets that exposed a deep divide in the rightwing populist movement he started nearly three decades ago, Alberto Fujimori openly sided for the first time with his youngest son Kenji over his eldest daughter Keiko, the head of the party Popular Force.
On Tuesday Popular Force suspended Kenji from its activities for 60 days after he openly criticized the party and voiced support for Kuczynski's 1-year-old government.
"I'm still asking myself why Kenji was punished. Is it because he's been building bridges with the government with Peru in mind?" Fujimori said, calling Kenji's detractors in the party "disloyal."
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Alberto Fujimori, with his son Kenji and daughter Keiko.