Fujimori Out Of Presidential Race

Peru’s Electoral Tribunal has ruled that former president Alberto Fujimori may not stand as a candidate in the country’s upcoming elections in April due to his ‘special disqualification’. Fujimori is currently being held under arrest in Chile awaiting extradition to Peru where he will likely face charges of corruption and human rights abuses. He resigned his presidency in 2000 after fleeing to Japan and in 2001 was banned from holding public office in Peru until 2011.