Judges found that the accusation of irregular campaign financing ‘lacks legal basis.’
On Monday, the lawsuit filed by Former First Lady Fujimori’s defense team was declared “well-founded” by the Constitutional Court, which ordered the annulment of all judicial proceedings since the beginning investigations in 2017, within the case known as the “Cocktails Case.”
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This case investigated irregular contributions to Fujimori’s campaigns in 2011 and 2016, attributed to companies such as Odebrecht and Peruvian conglomerates, which the Prosecutor’s Office linked to a criminal organization.
Attorney Giulliana Loza argued that before November 2016, receiving campaign money was not considered a crime, and that the Prosecutor’s Office incorporated new elements in 2018 without respecting the right to defense.
The Constitutional Court’s decision was adopted by five out of seven members, who ordered the Tenth Court to resolve Fujimori’s legal situation as quickly as possible, without ruling on her innocence or guilt.
The text reads, “Keiko Fujimori’s lawyers, in unison, say that the money received did not come from illicit sources, so why didn’t they make an interbank transfer? They received it in cash, hid it and entered it into the economy, laundering it!”
The Constitutional Court President Luz Pacheco issued a separate opinion deeming the lawsuit inadmissible, stating that the constitutional judge should not classify criminal conduct or offenses.
In July, the prosecution team in the Brazilian’s Lava Jato case extended Fujimori’s prison sentence to 35 years, filing a new criminal charge after the previous trial was annulled and remanded to a preliminary stage.
The Constitutional Court also found flaws in the indictment that made it impossible to continue the trial that began on July 1, 2024, and therefore ordered the issuance of an indictment in accordance with legal procedure.
