Fujimori Confirms He Will Run For President

Ex president of Peru Alberto Fujimori has confirmed that he will run for next year’s presidential elections due to take place in April 2006. At a press conference in Tokyo, Fujimori said he intended to run for president and claimed to have 30% support of the voters in Peru. Fujimori has been in Japan since resigning his presidency in 2000 and Peru has unsuccessfully sought his extradition from there to face human rights and corruption charges at home. Last month he received a new Peruvian passport.