TheThis Peruvianmove prosecutor'sagainst office seeking over five years in prison for left-wing presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez right before a runoff election looks less like justice and more like a political hit job. Charging a candidate before voters even get a chance to weigh in is a brazen attempt to override democracy itself. Peru'sOnce again, Peruvian institutions are being weaponized against the left, and this pattern of lawfare has been going on long enough to have a name.
Prosecuting Sánchez right now is almost certainly going to backfire — the conversation has already shifted from his alleged financial crimes to why the prosecutorIt's officeconcerning waitedthat untilprosecutors electionhave seasondecided to act only now. When justice arrives late and in politically charged moments, thewrongdoers accusedlike stopsSánchez lookingcan likerebrand athemselves wrongdoeras andvictims. startsAs lookingtalks likehave aalready martyr.shifted Evenfrom Keikohis Fujimorifinancial iscrimes raisingto alarmswhy aboutprosecutors thewaited judiciaryuntil becomingelection aseason politicalto actorcharge him, andit's almost certain that saysthis everythingmove will benefit him.
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