In 1998, Fujimori's father and daughter visited Poland.
The daughter of the famous Asian president Alberto Fujimori (Japanese name "Fujimori Kenya") in Latin American history, the youngest "first lady" in Latin America... Sitting on these bright titles, anyone should seem to be a princess who soaks in a honeypot. However, as one of Peru's hottest presidential candidates, Fujimori Keiko's experience is full of ups and downs.
Once acted as the "first lady"
In Peru, the surname "Fujimori" means controversy. Keiko's father, Alberto, made great contributions to the Peruvian economy and was also known as a "dictator" for his corruption and authoritarianism.
Alberto, a second-generation Japanese immigrant and an ordinary university professor, only entered politics in 1989 at the age of 51, hastily formed a political party "Reform Ninety" and participated in the presidential election the following year. At the time, Peru was just experiencing a debt crisis, inflation was in the 4 figures, and the government led by traditional political parties was inefficient and the public lacked trust in the government. Coupled with the chaos of terrorist organizations such as the "Shining Path", the situation is not optimistic. Peru became the poorest country in Latin America. The Peruvians desperately need a leader who can take them out of their predicament, which has made the new politician Alberto.
After being elected president, Alberto embarked on a self-proclaimed "bulldozer rule", drastic economic reforms, "shock therapy", cracked down on terrorism, gave the army the power to arrest suspects and conduct secret trials in military courts, and encouraged residents of rural areas to set up patrols. His governance has been remarkable, the inflation rate has plummeted from 7650% to 139% in the year he came to power, the economic growth rate has exceeded the Latin American average in five of the 10 years of his 10 years in power, and the good foreign investment policy and gradually stabilized social order have also won the favor of foreign investors.
Alberto divorced his wife in 1994. Subsequently, the eldest daughter Keiko, who was 19 years old at the time, played the role of "first lady", accompanied her father to public events, and also emerged on the political stage. At the time, she was also an undergraduate student at Boston University in the United States, and frequented Peru and the United States. Her father paid for about 40 round-trip airfare for her, which later became a political "handle." By 2000, Alberto, embroiled in a corruption scandal, announced his resignation during a visit to Japan and sought asylum in Japan, ending his reign abruptly. Affected by her father's scandal, Keiko was also accused of mishandling donations while serving as "first lady," and prosecutors demanded a five-year prison sentence and a fine, while barring her from holding public office for two years. However, the Peruvian Criminal Court later dismissed Keiko's criminal charges on the grounds of "lack of evidence."
Transnational families became a weapon to attract votes
Her father fell, and Keiko spent a few years in a low profile.
Alberto secretly flew to Chile in 2005 with the intention of making a comeback, but was arrested by the Chilean authorities. It was that year that Keiko returned to Peru and began leading the Fujimori party. She was elected to Congress in 2006 with the highest vote of 700,000 votes in Peruvian parliamentary election history, when her father was in the process of being extradited. Alberto was eventually extradited back to Peru in 2007 and has since been indicted on five occasions for abuse of power, embezzlement, embezzlement, and kidnapping and murder, and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, which he is still serving.
In 2011, keiko Fujimori, a former member of parliament, ran for president for the first time. Based on the political philosophy of her father, Alberto, she preached "Fujimoriism". She condemned the mistakes that her father had made during his time in power, and also publicly stated through the media that even if he was elected president, he would "never pardon her father Alberto." However, she also called on the public to "look at the past objectively and not with hatred."
In that election, Keiko lost to the current president Humala by a 3% margin, but she was extremely vocal and supported by the middle class. Some analysts believe that keiko's rise is closely related to her father's contribution to Peru. To this day, Alberto still has a considerable number of staunch supporters in Peru. When asked local economists and ordinary people about related issues, many people said that Alberto's merits could not be erased and affirmed his political career.
On the other hand, during her tenure as First Lady, Keiko participated in many charitable activities to protect the rights of low-income earners. With her help, new orphanages have been built in Peru, and more than 1,000 children with congenital heart disease have been treated surgically. These activities paved the way for her subsequent political career. In her political views, there is both a side of promoting market competition and expanding the social welfare network. In an interview, she once rejected being called a "right-wing candidate," saying, "If that were the case, I wouldn't have the support of the poorest people in the country." ”
Keiko's transnational family has also become a weapon for her to attract votes in the political arena. In 2004, she went to Columbia University to pursue an MBA, where she met Mark Villanella, an American who lives in New Jersey. The two flashed their marriage in Peru, when hundreds of dignitaries from Alberto's administration attended the wedding, but Alberto himself missed his daughter's wedding due to exile in Japan.
In election campaigns, the handsome Vilanella often plays the role of "Kenneth", and the husband and wife cooperate tacitly. When Keiko was preparing a speech for a press conference or a political conference, Villanella helped arrange the itinerary. In an interview with Peruvian media, Keiko once joked that her husband's support was higher than hers. She said: "Usually, when I finish my speech and Mark appears on stage to thank the voters with me, the applause in the audience is the warmest. Female friends think he's handsome. Now, Virlanella's gesture of raising her arms, giving her thumbs up and cheering up her wife's candidacy has become his signature move.
It is difficult to distinguish between true and false statements
In March 2016, Keiko Fujimori greeted supporters in Lima, Peru.
In early January, Keiko announced a second shock to the presidency. She kicked off the campaign with a full posture and a mature campaign philosophy. According to multiple polls released by Peru's National Election Commission, although the approval rating of 19 candidates has not reached 50%, Keiko's support rate is as high as 33%, far ahead of others.
In his campaign platform, Qingzi proposed that it is necessary to further improve the efficiency of government affairs, maintain social order, and actively crack down on crime, while promising to create high-quality employment, promote education reform, and narrow the gap between the rich and the poor. Supporters hope she will inherit her father's governance and lead Peru to another economic takeoff.
At present, the countdown to peru's presidential election has entered, and Keiko continues to maintain the first public support, while the candidate Guzman, who was originally the second most supported candidate, was removed from the Election Commission for violating the election law, which further increased Keiko's chances of winning. The survey shows that if no candidate wins by more than 50% of the absolute majority in the first round of voting in mid-April, the odds of entering the second round of voting are high. If she can finally "inherit her father's business", she will become the first female president in the history of Peru.
However, Peruvian politics is unpredictable, and Keiko's opponents have been looking for her weaknesses. In the past few days, some videos of candidates sending red envelopes for votes have begun to appear on the Internet, including Keiko. Some commentators said that this reminds people of when her father stepped down because of bribery. There are also media reports that Keiko's campaign funds came from a mysterious overseas account, which she said was set up by her father's old subordinates and whose source of funds was unknown. If it is verified, "Keiko Fujimori may be disqualified from running." It is difficult to distinguish between true and false claims, which has cast a fog over Keiko's political prospects. (Reporter Yan Huan)