Former Peruvian lawmaker Kenji Fujimori, son of former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for trading influence while a congressman this Tuesday (15). However, the penalty is suspended until it is approved at the second stage.

“The Supreme Court Special Criminal Chamber sentenced KenjiFujimori, Guillermo Bocangel and Bienvenido Ramírez to four years and six months #Effective Prison and postponed their execution until the sentence was finalized and/or their consent,” he told the Peruvian judiciary. Twitter.

Fujimori, Bocangel and Ramírez were accused of trading influence and bribery by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, based on a video of former parliamentarians and advisor Alexei Toledo bargaining for support of then-Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a political case. Congress in exchange for political favors.

The favors consisted of voting against the impeachment request of Kuczynski, introduced by Keiko Fujimori’s party in Congress in December 2017.

This vote removed brothers Keiko and Kenji, although Kuczynski pardoned former president Alberto Fujimori and the clan’s chieftain that month.

Former lawmakers, who faced prosecutors’ demands for up to 12 years in prison, were also fined nearly $12,000 and were politically disqualified for 18 months.

The younger brother of three-time presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, Kenji is the youngest in a family that has dominated Peru’s political life for over three decades. Meanwhile, Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for committing crimes against human rights, and Keiko is facing justice for alleged corruption.