Former President Alan Garcia and opposition leader Keiko Fujimori face corruption allegations in Peru.
Former President Alan Garcia and opposition leader Keiko Fujimori face corruption allegations in Peru.
Former Attorney General of Peru Antonio Maldonado has criticized the commission investigating the network of bribes that Odebrecht alleges it kept in the country, since he believes the methods used will ensure impunity for those involved.
Maldonado said this will allow Keiko Fujimori, leader of the right-wing party Popular Force, and former President Alan Garcia to walk free from charges of illegally accepting money.
"This commission is not the ideal mechanism to investigate this type of great corruption," Maldonado said about the Congress Commission in charge of the investigation.
He said there was a lack of rigor in the questions asked to Fujimori due to allegations that she received bribes by the Brazilian company during both of her presidential campaigns.
He even called it a "circus."
"It's a highly politicized and biased commission," Maldonado said.
"I think that beyond that, there is a risk that this commission will become a mechanism of impunity for some of the main people investigated, as is the case of Keiko Fujimori or could be the case of ex-president Garcia."
The alleged connection with Fujimori is based on a message obtained from a calendar in Marcelo Odebrecht's cell phone that read "raise keiko to 500 and pay a visit." Fujimori said she never had contact with the official and didn't receive money for either of her presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2016.
Garcia, who governed Peru between 1995 and 1990, and again from 2006 and 2011, faces money laundering charges and is formally accused of leading a criminal organization since 1991.
Maldonado says the research doesn't guarantee objectivity and impartiality.
He added that President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski should be the first one interested in "developing all activities of transparency," as allegations have also targeted Kuczynski.
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